Exam 3: Ocean, Atmosphere, Weather and Climate STUDY GUIDE

A smooth and almost flat region of the deep ocean floor.

• oceanic ridge

• abyssal plains

Which of the following features is formed by a chain of mountains that make up a new ocean floor and meanders through the ocean?

• trench

• mid-ocean ridge

A volcanic mountain that rises from the ocean floor and does not reach the surface. Mark only one oval.

• seamount

• continental slope

Large destructive waves caused by earthquakes, as in the image. Mark only one oval.

• wave

• tsunami

Salinity is a measure of which of the following in water?

• dissolved salts

• sand

A warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf Stream

• dew point

• polar air mass

A large moving stream of water that flows through the oceans is called

• current.

• tide.

The atmosphere is

• the layer in which weather occurs.

• the layer of gases that surrounds the Earth.

The envelope of gases that surrounds the earth or another planet.

• carbon dioxide

• the atmosphere

The condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a given time and place.

• Humidity

• Climate

• Weather