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Aquatic Science Final Exam Review

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3 reasons for early sea explorationfood, find new land, trade
Oceans influence the weather and _______climate
Is most of the ocean explored?no, only a small part
How have humans affected the oceans negatively?over-fishing, pollution
The first recorded sea voyage was by ______; and took place around 3200 B. C.the Egyptians
Who were the earliest open ocean (beyond the site of land) explorers?The Polynesians
What is the importance of the longitude & latitude system?gives you your exact location
How were James Cook's voyages different than those before him?They had science and exploration as their only goals.
The _____ says that the universe began froma single point.Big Bang Theory
The atmosphere adn oceans only formed after the earth had _____.cooled enough
According to ___ life began in the ____.fossil record, oceans
What is a heterotroph?needs to consume other organisms for energy
What is an autotroph?makes its own food
Which one is a ocean zone?pelagic
Which is the bottom of the ocean?benthic, nekton
Describe cellular respirationthe changing of sugar into usable energy
A wide variety of organisms that float at or near the surface of the ocean.plankton
Provides most of the primary productivity in the oceanphytoplankton
List the characteristics of dinoflagellatesthey have one or two flagella
What is a limiting factor?a nutrient that affects survival.
From the inside out, the layer of the earth are:inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
How do sedimentary form?organic and inorganic particles are compressed and cemented together
Pangeathe name of the theorized early supercontinent
PanthalassaName of the ocean that surrounded the supercontinent
Divergentplates moving apart
convergentplates moving together
convectionprimary force of plate movement


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