REVIEW SHEET FOR ESC 110 – OCEANOGRAPHY EXAM

Introduction to Oceanography (Chap. 12)

Concepts: Distribution of oceans Early oceanography Plate tectonic Seafloor mapping Volcanic outgassing Residence time Hydrologic cycle Important Figures: 12.1, 12.2 and 12.9

Terms: Ocean Sea Echo sounder/sonar Magellan, Drake and Cook Sextan HMS Beagle and Challenger exp. Meteor expedition Review Questions: 1, 2 and 3

Origin and Composition of Seawater (chap. 12)

Concepts: Seawater Residence time Denudation Sequestration Ocean layering Thermohaline circulation Important Figures: 12.3, 12.4 and 12.6

Terms: Salinity Density Thermocline Picnocline Review Questions: 4, 5 and 6

Seafloor (chap. 12)

Concepts: Ocean basins Continental margin (passive and active) Turbidity current Seamount evolution Important Figures: 12.9, 12.10 and 12.21

Terms: Turbidite Tsunami Abyssal plain Continental shelf Continental rise Continental slope Mid oceanic ridge Submarine canyon Deep trench Seamount Guyot Atoll Fringing and barrier reef Review Questions: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 18

Plate Tectonic (chap. 7)

Concepts: Plate tectonic theory Continental drift hypothesis Polar wandering Paleomagnetism Seafloor spreading Plate boundaries (divergence, convergence & transform) Thermal convection Crustal density Important Figures: 7.8, 7.9, 7.11, 7.13, 7.18, 7.19, 7.25 and 7.26

Terms: Alfred Wegener Harry Hess Lithosphere Astenosphere Pangea Laurasia Gondwanaland Rift Hot spot Subduction volcanic arc Review Questions: 1 to 21, except 15, 17, 18 and 19

Ocean Circulation (chap. 13)

Concepts: Surface currents Subsurface currents Climatic implication Tidal currents Tides ENSO El Nino and La Nina Important Figures: 13.2 and 13.5

Terms: Gyres Recirculation gyre Upwelling Downwelling Gulf Stream Thermohaline circulation Fetch Neap and Spring tides Ebb and flood tides Tidal delta Review Questions: 1, 2, 3 and 4