Chapter 16- Geography (Earth Science)
The concentration of dissolved solids in the seawater is called _______
Salinity
The destruction of a mangrove swamp might lead to
-the loss of aquatic species -the erosion of the coast -sediment accumulation one nearby reefers, and their consequent death
Worldwide average salinity is ______
3.5%
Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
spring tides-high tides only
An earthquake, submarine landslide, or eruption of undersea volcano is capable of producing a
tsunami
Which of the following is not an example of a depositional coastal landform?
wave-cut platform
Which of the following is true of the ocean deep zone?
The water in this zone does not freeze because of the intense pressure exerted by the weight of overlying water; the water in this zone does not freeze because of its salinity
Which of the following is not related to coral rock formations?
bay barriers and barrier splits
Brine water results from
high evaporation rates
Brackish water would most likely occur
in a deltaic swamp
The height of a tsunami grows as it approaches a coastline primarily because
its wavelength shortens
A general term for the coastal environment is
littoral zone
Which of the following occurs when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are in alignment (i.e., in opposition or conjunction)?
maximum tidal ranges occur
About 2% of the oceanic mass comprise the
mixing zone of blended solutes and temperatures
Because the algae which live in symbiotic relationship with coral perform _______, corals _____
photosynthesis; must live in water that is penetrated by light
A coral is a type of ______ that secretes _____ to form an organic rock home
polyp; calcium carbonate
Although many elements are dissolved in seawater; no gases are dissolved in it.
False
As the evaporation rate increases, salinity decreases.
False
Brine water tends to occur near coastal deltas
False
Seawater is not a solution.
False
The largest ocean in the world in terms of area is the _______ and the smallest ocean in terms of the area is _______.
Pacific; Artic
The Moon's gravitational pull on the Earth is greater than that of the Sun's
True, because its closer
A terrace is
an uplift wave-cut platform
Coral formations
are made of animals living symbolically with simple algae
Fro inland to the ocean, which sequence of zones is correct?
coast, backshore, foreshore, nearshore
An atoll is approximately _____ in shape because it forms _____
circular; around submerge volcanic islands
Near the shore, waves of transition begin to "feel bottom" and, as a result, the orbits of the water molecules in the wave become more ________. The process eventually cause _____ to form.
elliptical; breakers
As regards wetlands; which of the following is correctly matched?
salt marsh-- poleward of the 30th parallel in either hemisphere
Waves in shallow water that "feel bottom" are ____ and more ______ spaced than the swell they are related to.
taller, closely
Which of the following is not true of tides?
they are produced solely by the gravitational pull of the sun
Which of the following is not an example of an erosional coastal landform?
tombolo