Oceanography Test Review Sheet
Chapter 22
Vocabulary
Oceanography
Aqueous solution
Water mass
Salinity
Mixed layer
Thermocline
Phytoplankton
Zooplankton
Nekton
Coral
Things to Know
Know the main compounds found in sea water
Know how the freezing points of fresh and sea water differ
Know how salinity affects the density of sea water
Know some things that might affect the salinity of sea water
Know how salt enters and leave the ocean (this is not by mining)
Know what an aqueous solution
Know how the temperature changes in the different ocean zones
Know how life exists in the mixed zone
Know how life exists in the deep zone
Chapter 23
Vocabulary
Echo sounding/sonar
Active Continental Margin
Passive Continental Margin
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
Continental Rise
Submarine canyon
Turbidity current
Abyssal fan/submarine fan
Abyssal plain
Abyssal hill
Seamount
Guyot
Deep-sea trenches
Deep-Ocean vents
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Atoll
Terrigenous sediments
Biogenous sediments
Hydrogenous sediments
Things to Know
Know how scientists study the ocean floor.
Know what echo sounding/sonar is and how it works
Know what information can be learned from core sampling.
Know the different features of the ocean floor
Know the features of the continental margin
Know the differences between active and passive continental margins
Know what causes a submarine canyon
Know how an atoll forms
Know what the different type of sediments and oozes found on the ocean floor
Know the importance of sediments
Chapter 24
Vocabulary
Ocean current
Surface current
Cold-core current
Warm-core current
Countercurrent
Global Conveyor Belt
Labrador Current
Gulf Stream
N. Equatorial
N. Atlantic
California
West Wind Drift
Canary
Density Currents
Upwelling
Tides
Neap tides
Spring tides
Things to Know
Know how warm currents behave
Know how cold currents behave
Know what causes high and low tides.
Know what causes density currents
Know where the following currents are: Labrador, Gulf Stream, N. Equatorial,
N.Atlantic, California, West Wind Drift, and Canary
Know what causes a spring tide
Know what causes a neap tide
Know what effect wind has on currents
Know what effect the Coriolos Effect has on currents
Know what the global conveyor belt effect is on Earth’s climates
Chapter 16
Vocabulary
Wave
Wavelength
Baymouth Bar
Sand Bar
Barrier Island
Cliff
Headland
Sea Arch/Cave
Sea Stack
Lagoon
Spit
Bay
Beach
Things to Know
Know what causes waves
Know the shoreline features that are depositional
Know the shoreline features that are erosional
Know where the sediments for depositional features comes from