Unit 3 Study Guide
1. Define sediment.
2. Which of the following sediments are the most abundant? Least abundant? Be able to place these in order of abundance. Lithogenous, cosmogenous, hydrogenous, biogenous.
3. How does water turbulence affect sediment particles? Which one, larger or smaller, will settle first? Why?
4. Why are most beaches sandy and not muddy?
5. What are oozes?
6. If you start at the equator and fly towards the poles, which way will you be deflected?
7. If you start at the poles and fly towards the equator, which way will you be deflected?
8. Why do global winds form? (think in terms of pressures)
9. What is a gyre?
10. Describe thermohaline currents.
11. What is a current?
12. What is a wave?
13. How do water particles move within a wave?
14. In which direction do gyres rotate in the northern hemisphere? Southern hemisphere?
15. Be able to label the following parts on a wave: Wavelenght, crest, trough, amplitude, Understand what frequency and period are.
16. Place the following in order from weakest to strongest: Tropical depression, Hurricane, Tropical storm, tropical disturbance. At what MPH are these categories found?
17. How does a hurricane form? BE SPECIFIC. (list the steps/requirements)
18. What is the difference between summer and winter waves?
19. How do scientists sample and sort sedimentary/biological samples from the ocean floor?
20. Make sure you can label and name the areas between 5N and 5S, 0-30 latitude, 30-60 latitude and understand what’s going on with the winds!
1. Define sediment.
2. Which of the following sediments are the most abundant? Least abundant? Be able to place these in order of abundance. Lithogenous, cosmogenous, hydrogenous, biogenous.
3. How does water turbulence affect sediment particles? Which one, larger or smaller, will settle first? Why?
4. Why are most beaches sandy and not muddy?
5. What are oozes?
6. If you start at the equator and fly towards the poles, which way will you be deflected?
7. If you start at the poles and fly towards the equator, which way will you be deflected?
8. Why do global winds form? (think in terms of pressures)
9. What is a gyre?
10. Describe thermohaline currents.
11. What is a current?
12. What is a wave?
13. How do water particles move within a wave?
14. In which direction do gyres rotate in the northern hemisphere? Southern hemisphere?
15. Be able to label the following parts on a wave: Wavelenght, crest, trough, amplitude, Understand what frequency and period are.
16. Place the following in order from weakest to strongest: Tropical depression, Hurricane, Tropical storm, tropical disturbance. At what MPH are these categories found?
17. How does a hurricane form? BE SPECIFIC. (list the steps/requirements)
18. What is the difference between summer and winter waves?
19. How do scientists sample and sort sedimentary/biological samples from the ocean floor?
20. Make sure you can label and name the areas between 5N and 5S, 0-30 latitude, 30-60 latitude and understand what’s going on with the winds!