ESE117 Final
Part complete Over the past 30 years, Earth's average surface temperature has risen by:
0.6°C.
On average how many vessels of all size are reported missing each year without a trace?
1,000
Research on PCBs concentration in coastal waters has documented that they are ________ compared to open-ocean concentrations.
12 times more
Based on the graph, what is the approximate speed, in meters per second, of a deep-water wave with a wavelength of 300 meters?
22 meters per second
What percentage of the Sun's energy that reaches Earth's surface is absorbed in the atmosphere?
23
In the United States mixed tides commonly occur along:
Atlantic coast
Ripple like clouds in the sky are an example of ________ waves.
Atmospheric
Which of the following domains includes simple life-forms with cells that usually lack a nucleus?
Bacteria
Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern
Beach compartment
Recent work by taxonomists at the World Register of Marine Species has eliminated how many previously listed species because they were duplicate identities?
Between 150,000 and 200,000
The marine organism in the image is using which of the following adaptations as a survival mechanism?
Camoflauge
Which of the following human-generated gases makes the greatest relative contribution to increasing the greenhouse effect?
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
The most recent international project to assess the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life was called which of the following?
Census of Marine Life
The rate of plate movement is only a few ________ per year so climate changes triggered by shifting plates happen on a scale of millions of years.
Centimeters
Which of the following greenhouse gases is also destroying the ozone layer?
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Which of the following is a phytoplankton?
Dinoflagellates
Which of the following terms describes organisms living on the surface of the sea floor attached to rocks?
Epifauna
The part of the shore that is exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide is known as the ________
Foreshore
Which of the following coasts is an example of a diurnal tidal pattern?
Gulf of Mexico
The group comprising the largest number of species on Earth is the _________.
Insects
Part complete Based on a comparison of satellite images from 1984 to 2011, which of the following trees has migrated by about 12 square kilometers north, along Florida's Atlantic coast?
Mangrove
When less saline water enters a marginal sea above a return flow of saltier water, the circulation pattern is called:
Mediterranean circulation.
Part complete What tidal pattern would best describe a coastline that experienced a maximum tidal range of 6 feet in the morning and a smaller 2-foot range in the late afternoon?
Mixed
Which of the following occurs during light wave activity?
Much of the swash soaks into the beach
Since Tuna is sold in 5 ounce (142 grams) cans in the U.S.A., what is the most frequently you eat an entire can of tuna and not be above the average U.S. fish consumption rate?
Once a week
Examine the five words and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
Period
Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
Petroleum
All organisms that drift with ocean currents are classified as ________.
Plankton
Which of the following kingdoms include various types of marine algae and single-celled organisms called protozoa?
Protista
Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
Protista Plantae Animalia Archaea Fungi
The maximum tidal range happens during ________ tides.
Spring
Most marginal seas result from which of the following?
Tectonic events
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The Severn Estuary is a prime target for tidal power BECAUSE it separates England and Wales.
The assertion and reason are both correct but the reason is invalid
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The beach face is a favorite place for runners BECAUSE the sand is wet and hard packed.
The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Marine invertebrates such as worms, mussels, and octopuses have had to evolve special mechanisms to maintain their body fluids at a proper concentrations BECAUSE their body fluids are nearly isotonic.
The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The tides at any particular coast are easy to predict in detail BECAUSE nearly 400 factors are involved in a detailed calculation.
The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
The one-league territorial limit from shore that each country maintains was based on which of the following?
The range of a cannon ball
What disturbing force is responsible for producing the majority of tsunami?
The uplift or downdrop of a tectonic plate
A beach is:
a deposit of the shore area.
One major problem associated with the Chesapeake Bay due to increased human pressure is:
an increase in nutrients resulting in more frequent kills of bottom-dwelling or benthic animals.
Part complete Animals that live in the abyssopelagic and ________ zones feed mostly upon one another.
bathypelagic
If one were to walk from the ocean landward across a barrier island complex, in which order would one encounter the following environments?
beach, dune, barrier flat, high marsh, low marsh
You are about to go out and harvest some Pismo clams. The environment you find them in will be _________.
benthic, littoral
The toxicity of marine pollutants is evaluated through bioassays by:
calculating the concentration at which 50% of the test organisms die.
The current level of atmospheric ________ recently surpassed 400 parts per million.
carbon dioxide
Under the protection of the Law of the Sea treaty, a coastal nation has the right to _____________
extract oil at will within the jurisdiction of their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Invasive species can wreak ecological havoc by outcompeting and dominating native populations BECAUSE they lack predators or other natural controls in their new habitats.
he assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
Numerous climate science studies suggest that ________ are the cause of the recent documented changes in Earth's climate.
human activities
The minimum tidal range happens during ________ tides.
neap
The part of the shore beyond the low tide breaker line and is deep enough that waves rarely affect the bottom is known as the ________.
offshore
Currently, about ________ of the carbon dioxide humankind releases into the atmosphere enters the oceans.
one-third
The internal organ illustrated in the diagram allows the fish to adapt to changes in ________.
pressure
Whirlpools can be created in some restricted shallow passages due to ________.
reversing tidal currents
Constructive interference results in larger waves whereas destructive interference produces:
smaller waves
Organisms that cannot withstand large changes in temperature are referred to as:
stenothermal.
The uplift or downdropping of large areas of the sea floor creates ________ waves.
tsunami
The Bay of Fundy is well known for which tidal characteristic?
very high tidal range
The ratio of wave height to wavelength is called the
wave steepness
