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1 Buzzer Question # 1 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Biology What is the primary reason for the great abundance of fish along the Peruvian coast? Answer W: upwelling Answer X: warm water temperatures Answer Y: longshore currents Answer Z: sea mounts Correct Answer: W: upwelling
2 Buzzer Question # 2 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Chemical What is the chemical name for the most common mineral in sea water? Correct Answer: Sodium chloride
3 Buzzer Question # 3 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Physical No matter which direction the wind is blowing, waves always approach a sloping beach about what angle to the shore? Answer W: 10 degrees Answer X: 40 degrees Answer Y: 90 degrees Answer Z: 120 degrees Correct Answer: Y: 90 degrees
4 Buzzer Question # 4 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Physical What is the name for the interface between a sea and a river where the salinity is greatest at high tide and least at low tide? Correct Answer: an estuary
5 Buzzer Question # 5 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Chemical What is the average ph value of seawater? Answer W: 3.8 to 4.2 Answer X: 5.6 to 6.4 Answer Y: 7.5 to 8.4 Answer Z: 11.2 to 12.8 Correct Answer: Y: 7.5 to 8.4
6 Buzzer Question # 6 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Geology What is the term for landforms that are produced by the growth of coral reefs around the shores of islands that have subsided over the centuries? Correct Answer: atolls
7 Buzzer Question # 7 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Physical If water only absorbed light and did not scatter it, what color would the water appear from above? Answer W: blue Answer X: green Answer Y: white Answer Z: black Correct Answer: Z: black
8 Buzzer Question # 8 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Physical Name the three main factors that influence the height of a wind generated ocean wave. Correct Answer: the velocity (speed) of the wind the distance over which the wind blows (fetch) how long the wind blows
9 Buzzer Question # 9 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Biology Stenothermal organisms are found mostly in the open ocean because Answer W: large ranges of temperature do not occur there Answer X: they are not sensitive to the constant changing of salinity Answer Y: the temperature is constantly changing which limits the predators that live there Answer Z: they evolved a tolerance for the wide range of salinity conditions Correct Answer: W: large ranges of temperature do not occur there
10 Buzzer Question # 10 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Geography What sea has a name based on the seasonal blooms of algae that color the surface of the water? Correct Answer: Red Sea
11 Buzzer Question # 11 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Geology The interruption of sand supply and the resulting narrowing of beaches is called Answer W: beach replenishment Answer X: beach compartments Answer Y: beach starvation Answer Z: submerging shorelines Correct Answer: Y: beach starvation
12 Buzzer Question # 12 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Physical What happens to the wavelength as an ocean wave moves from deeper to more shallow water? Correct Answer: the wavelength decreases
13 Buzzer Question # 13 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Chemical One of the most important roles of bacteria in marine food webs is: Answer W: Causing fish diseases Answer X: Recycling of nutrients Answer Y: Being the main food source for jellyfish Answer Z: Being the main food source for copepods and euphausiids Correct Answer: X: Recycling of nutrients
14 Buzzer Question # 14 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Physical In 1958 a giant wave surged 1740 feet up the side of a mountain in Latuya Bay, Alaska, completely denuding the promontory of trees. What was the cause of this wave? Correct Answer: an earthquake
15 Buzzer Question # 15 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Biological Some bacteria, such as cyanobacteria, are Answer W: Carnivores Answer X: Herbivores Answer Y: Omnivores Answer Z: Primary producers Correct Answer: Z: Primary producers
16 Buzzer Question # 16 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Geological The black sand beaches of Hawaii are made of what type of rock? Correct Answer: Basalt
17 Buzzer Question # 17 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Chemical Why are lithogenous sediments found near continents? Answer W: Their source is the weathering, or breakdown, of continental rocks. Answer X: Their source is plankton that are more abundant near shore. Answer Y: They are produced in coastal upwelling regions. Answer Z: They dissolve in the deepest parts of the ocean. Correct Answer: W: Their source is the weathering, or breakdown, of continental rocks.
18 Buzzer Question # 18 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: history One of the largest tsunamis in history resulted from the explosion of what volcanic island in the Strait of Sunda between Sumatra and Java in 1883? Correct Answer: Krakatoa
19 Buzzer Question # 19 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Chemical Most of the salt dissolved in seawater is: Answer W: Calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ) Answer X: Iron oxide (Fe 2 O 3 ) Answer Y: Sodium chloride (NaCl) Answer Z: Ammonium nitrate (NH 4 NO 3 ) Correct Answer: Y: Sodium chloride (NaCl)
20 Buzzer Question # 20 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Geography What bay in eastern Canada is known for its very large tidal range? Correct Answer: Bay of Fundy
21 Buzzer Question # 21 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Chemical Which of the following is usually found near subduction zones? Answer W: A mid-ocean ridge Answer X: A hydrothermal vent Answer Y: A deep-sea trench Answer Z: A flat abyssal plain Correct Answer: Y: A deep-sea trench
22 Buzzer Question # 22 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Physical Which Pacific Ocean current moderates the climate of the southern portions of British Columbia and Vancouver Island? Correct Answer: Alaska Current
23 Buzzer Question # 23 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Physical Where are the deep and bottom waters of the ocean formed? Answer W: Near the equator Answer X: On the sea floor at hydrothermal vent systems Answer Y: In the northern North Atlantic and in the Antarctic Answer Z: In the north Pacific Correct Answer: Y: In the northern North Atlantic and in the Antarctic
24 Buzzer Question # 24 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Physical What is the name for tides that occur just after new moon and full moon, when the gravitation attraction of the sun and moon act in a direct line? Correct Answer: Spring tides
25 Buzzer Question # 25 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Geology A fjord is an example of a coastline that was mainly shaped by what? Answer W: Erosion by glaciers Answer X: Erosion by rivers Answer Y: Movements of the earth's crust due to plate tectonics Answer Z: Erosion and deposition of sediment by waves Correct Answer: W: Erosion by glaciers
26 Buzzer Question # 26 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Geology What is the name for the submerged edges of continents with gradual slopes? Correct Answer: Continental shelves
27 Buzzer Question # 27 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Physical If every bit of ice in the world melted, about how many meters would sea level rise? Answer W: 6 Answer X: 60 Answer Y: 600 Answer Z: 6000 Correct Answer: X: 60
28 Buzzer Question # 28 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Physical Name the three properties that must be known to determine the density of sea water. Correct Answer: pressure, salinity and temperature
29 Buzzer Question # 29 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Physical What are three types of ocean waves? Answer W: Ripples, seas and swells Answer X: Breakers, sliders and sinkers Answer Y: Tidal, flowing and ebbing Answer Z: Tsunami, frequency and longitudinal Correct Answer: W: Ripples, seas and swells
30 Buzzer Question # 30 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Physical What is the term for the process of snow or ice turning directly into water vapor, bypassing the liquid phase? Correct Answer: sublimation
31 Buzzer Question # 31 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Geology The Puerto Rico Trench is the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean. How does this trench differ from the deep trenches in the Pacific Ocean? Answer W: It is located at a divergent plate boundary Answer X: It is located at a transform plate boundary Answer Y: It is located at a convergent plate boundary Answer Z: It is located near a mid-ocean ridge Correct Answer: X: It is located at a transform plate boundary
32 Buzzer Question # 32 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Geological What is the term for deep clefts descending from the continental slope? Correct Answer: submarine canyons
33 Buzzer Question # 33 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Geology Biogenous sediments may contain which of the following? Answer W: Calcareous ooze Answer X: Turbidites Answer Y: Evaporites Answer Z: Volcanic ash Correct Answer: W: Calcareous ooze
34 Buzzer Question # 34 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Physical What is the term for the tidal current that occurs when the height of the tide is decreasing? Correct Answer: ebb current or ebb tide
35 Buzzer Question # 35 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Geography Which sea is landlocked? Answer W: Black Sea Answer X: Caspian Sea Answer Y: Sea of Cortez Answer Z: North Sea Correct Answer: X: Caspian Sea
36 Buzzer Question # 36 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Physical What characterizes the aphotic zone of the ocean? Correct Answer: not enough sunlight for photosynthesis to occur
37 Buzzer Question # 37 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Physical An ocean wave will break when the ratio of its height to its length is greater than what? Answer W: 1/7 Answer X: 1/8 Answer Y: 1/9 Answer Z: 1/10 Correct Answer: W: 1/7
38 Buzzer Question # 38 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Physical Thermohaline circulation is movement of seawater due to differences in what two properties? Correct Answer: temperature and salinity
39 Buzzer Question # 39 Question Type: toss-up Question Format: Multiple Choice Category: Geology Which ocean zone contains over 75% of the total volume of the world s oceans? Answer W: Bathyal zone Answer X: Neritic zone Answer Y: Photic zone Answer Z: Abyssal zone Correct Answer: Z: Abyssal zone
40 Buzzer Question # 40 Question Type: Bonus Question Format: Short Answer Category: Geography What current flows northward along the western coast of South America? Correct Answer: Humboldt OR Peru Current
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