- How does a monsoon change surface circulation in the Indian Ocean?
- What winds affect the Antarctic Circumpolar Current?
- How much energy is passed up through trophic levels?
- Which force can act as a disturbing and resisting force
- How many subtropical gyres are there? How many currents do they consist of?
- What causes the Ekman spiral? Why is it perpendicular to the wind?
- How does life exist at hydrothermal vents? what do they get energy from?
- Is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current fast or slow?
- Three types of waves we are most concerned with in marine science
- migrating marine animals take advantage of the ocean _______________ for migrations
- how much of the earth is covered by water
- What factors play the biggest role in wave speeds at different depths?
- What scale is used to measure the strength of an earthquake, therefore signifying how bad a tsunami could be?
- How can a fully developed sea have waves that are bigger or smaller that the maximum theoretical size?
- These can carry instruments for measuring temperature, pressure, and currents.
- What type of bottom dwelling fish is over 6ft long and has a sharp snout and tapering body?
- What landform is the deepest point in the Atlantic?
- What differenciates the continental shelf from the slope?
- What are the most flat and featureless places on Earth?
- What is the first account of humans diving underwater?