Marine Biology

List two ways hurricanes lose strength and die:

• Warm water

• Land

• Warm moist air

• Cold water

List two ways hurricanes gain strength:

• Warm water

• Land

• Cold water

• Moist air

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What is a storm surge?

• When water sinks below sea level, causing drought

• When water rises above sea level, causing flooding

• When water stays at sea level

• I don't know

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Why do we not have hurricanes in the winter?

• Because the water is too warm

• Because the water is too cold

• Because the water isn't salty enough

• I don't know

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How many categories of hurricanes are there?

• 1

• 9

• 5

• 3

What is the strongest category of hurricanes?

• 4

• 5

• 9

• 1

When you step in the water at Surf City, what part of the ocean basin are you on?

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

Where do you find the deepest depths in the ocean?

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Rise

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Trenches

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

• Convergent boundary, Divergent boundary, and Transform boundary

• Continental Slope, Continental Rise, and Continental Shelf

• Convergent boundary, Continental Shelf, and Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary, Divergent boundary, and Trench boundary

What type of plate boundary is the Atlantic mid-ocean ridge?

• Convergent boundaries

• Transform boundaries

• Continental boundaries

• Divergent boundaries