What is the deepest part of the ocean?

What is the average depth of the oceans?

About what percentage of the earth's surface do the oceans cover?

Which of these volcanoes is the result of hot spot volcanism?

What was the name of the small aquatic reptile who's fossils were evidence of continental drift and sea-floor spreading?

These plant fossils were found across Gondwana, are are evidence of continental drift-

Who came up with the idea of Sea-Floor Spreading?

Mesosaurus is considered evidence of Continental Drift (and Plate Tectonics). It's fossils were found in South America and which other Continent?

What was the global ocean that surrounded the supercontinent of Pangaea?

Which of the examples below is a divergent plate boundary?

Which South American country's coastline is along an active continental margin?

Rounded lobes of basalt chilled by seawater are called-

What causes the Hawaiian volcanoes?

The Atlantic Coast of the United States is an example of-

Which coastline of the United States represents and active continental margin?

What is the average gradient of the continental slope?

Which is an example of lithogenous sediment?

Kilauea is an example of which type of volcanism?

Which compositions are most common for Biogenous sediment? (mark more than 1)

What is the composition of foraminifera shells (tests)?

Which mineral dominates Lithogenous sediment?

Which direction is the Ekman transport in the Northern Hemisphere?

Tsunami usually behave as which type of wave?

The warm phase of the ENSO cycle is known as-

How does the biological productivity change along the Peruvian coast during El Niño?

Internal waves usually develop-

If you were a submarine commander and wanted to go deep enough that your ship would not feel the effect of 200-foot wavelength storm waves, how deep would you have to dive? 

The shared center of mass between the Earth and the Moon is know as the-

Which celestial body has the stronger effect on the Earth's tides?

Spring tides happen at

The highest high tides always happen at the equator

Which of the following about coastal dunes is NOT correct?

Barrier bars and barrier islands usually migrate-

T/F The Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico is the world's worst oil spill.

What is the difference between summertime and wintertime beaches?

Mangrove swamps usually occur at:

Most of the oil polluting the ocean comes from:

A species of crab whose larvae drift with the currents and then spends its adult life on the sea floor would be referred to as:

Diatoms are one example of:

Most fish would be categorized as:

A stingray would be most accurately described as-

In general is there more biomass at lower or higher trophic levels?

As you progress to a higher trophic level, does body size generally increase or decrease?

Red Tides are caused by what type of plankton?

Which of the following best describes bycatch?

A build up of toxins in an animals tissues over time because is-

When a toxin is found in progressively higher layers as you go up the food chain is-

Member of the Class Chondrichthyes have skeletons that are mostly cartilaginous, not bony. Which of the fish below are members of Class Chondrichthyes? (Mark all correct answers)

Member of the Class Chondrichthyes have skeletons that are mostly cartilaginous, not bony. Which of the fish below are members of Class Chondrichthyes? (Mark all correct answers)

Member of the Class Chondrichthyes have skeletons that are mostly cartilaginous, not bony. Which of the fish below are members of Class Chondrichthyes? (Mark all correct answers)

Member of the Class Chondrichthyes have skeletons that are mostly cartilaginous, not bony. Which of the fish below are members of Class Chondrichthyes? (Mark all correct answers)

Member of the Class Chondrichthyes have skeletons that are mostly cartilaginous, not bony. Which of the fish below are members of Class Chondrichthyes?

Matched perhaps by only bottlenose whales, this is the deepest diving whale-

Dolphins-

This is the largest living predatory shark.

Excluding the sperm whales, the other great whales have-

Which is the largest living species of fish?

What species of whale has the largest brain of any animal?

Which is actually the largest dolphin?

Perhaps living as long as 150-200 years, this whale has the longest known lifespan.

Which parent carries sea-horse eggs in a special pouch?

Killer whales (Orca) eat mostly-

This animal has the thickest fur of any marine mammal-

What is the term used for the long, thin, crescent shaped caudal (tail) fins found in marlin and tuna that enables them to cruise at relatively fast speeds?

What are the lateral extensions on the side of a hammerhead or winghead shark called?

These are tooth-like scales on the skin of sharks-

These are the only marine mammals that have an herbivorous diet-

What is the only edible part of the sea urchin?

Abalone actually belongs to what group?

Where is the biodiversity of animals in the ocean the greatest?

Which of these regions of the ocean have the highest biodiversity of reef-building corals?

How fast can kelp grow?

Kelp mostly grow in what type of environment?

The biodiversity of algae is greatest in the-

Benthic biomass is greatest in which part of the ocean?

The majority of the known deep-sea hydrothermal vents are at what type of location?

T/F There is a correlation between higher atmospheric CO₂ levels and higher average global temperatures.

As more CO₂ dissolves into seawater, what happens to the pH of the water?

Water is densest at what temperature?