How are tsunamis primarily formed?
W)Strong winds pushing water up against the land
X)Movement of the seafloor displacing large volumes of water
Y)Landslides entering the ocean from nearby steep slopes on land
Z)Sudden melting for ice
Answer: X
Ocean Bowl
- What is the main component of a shark skeleton?
- The habitat of blue whales, tunas and swordfishes is best described as
- Approximately how many teeth can a shark lose and replace in its lifetime?
- Which of the following marine mammals is NOT found in or near Antartica?
- Which of the following is an important predator of the sea urchin?
- Which of the following is NOT believed to be a major cause of the declining salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest?
- Seals have a variety of adaptations for deep dives. To avoid nitrogen narcosis, which adaptation is most helpful?
- Intensive aquaculture of which of the following organisms has contributed to loss of mangroves around the world?
- Northern elephant seals come ashore during the spring and summer to do what?
- Which of the following is an example of nekton?
- What do Cnidarian (nih-dare-E-ans) release as a defense mechanism?
- Which of the following fish species is jawless?
- What plant did the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program discover that lived in the Arctic ocean 50 million years ago?
- Lophelia (LO-fee-lee-ua) coral reefs in the North Atlantic are being primarily damaged by:
- Which of the following is NOT a predominant characteristic of subtropical oceans?
- What is a tornado over the ocean called?
- Which of the following is NOT used to calculate the density of water?
- Which of the following does NOT influence sea surface salinity?
- What is the term that describes the height of a wave above the mean
- Stokes Law states that the sinking velocity of a particle depends on which of the following factors?
- What part of a tidal cycle has minimal current?
- What does the term sigma-t define?
- Which of the following is NOT a predominant characteristic of subtropical regions?
- The dominant process shaping coastal topography is which of the following?