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Oceanography 7
questions | answers |
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What era included the first fish? | Paleozoic |
Is the inner core of the earth solid or liquid? | solid |
Is the outer core of the Earth liquid or solid? | liquid |
What is the radius of the earth? | about 4000 miles as it about 24000 miles around it |
What does a hypsographic curve show the relationship between? | the height of land and the depth of the ocean |
What was one of the first ocean research satelites with a mission of measuring ocean surface temp back in 1978 | Sea Sat A |
What are oolites made of? | calcium carbonate (hydrogenous sediments) |
Lithogenous sediment is primary composed of what mineral? | quartz |
Lithogenous sediment found on the abyssal plain would get there by what means? | wind blown dust, volcanic eruptions, or rivers |
When do you find slack water? | During tidal changes when the current speed is zero. |
What is the division name for red algae? | rhodophyta |
What are two members of the anthozoa class of cnidarians? | sea anemone, corals, |
What animal does a clown fish enter a mutualistic realtionship with? | sea anemone |