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Mrs. Evans F2013
AMS Ocean Studies - Week Four - Investigation 4A Answer Form
(Complete as directed by your instructor)
Name: __________________________
1. (melting icebergs) (volcanic eruptions) (river discharges and erosion of shore materials)
2. (tropical) (midlatitude) (polar)
3. (equatorial zone) (mid-ocean basins) (polar seas)
4. (is) (is not)
5. (are) (are not)
6. (is) (is not)
7. (coastal margins) (the deep ocean floor)
8. (melting icebergs) (outer space) (erosion from the continents)
9. (active) (passive)
10. (tens) (hundreds) (thousands) m
11. (biogenous) (hydrogenous) (lithogenous)
12. (calcareous) (clay) (siliceous)
13. (away from) (toward)
14. (0) (500) (1000) m
15. (is) (is not)
16. (28,000) (140,000) (28,000,000) (28,000,000,000) yrs
17. (0.47) (2.14) (21.4) (47.0) cm per yr
18. (only at the coring site location) (originally from as far as 600 km from the coring site)
19. (calcareous oozes) (red clays)
20. (calcareous oozes) (red clays)
21. (deposited in place) (transported from a location closer to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
22. (chemical precipitation) (land) (silica-based organisms)
23. (increases) (remains the same) (decreases)
24. (are) (are not)
Mrs. Evans F2013
AMS Ocean Studies - Week Four - Investigation 4B Answer Form
(Complete as directed by your instructor)
Name: __________________________
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(small) (large)
(coarsest) (finest)
(exclusively organic) (exclusively inorganic) (a mixture of inorganic and organic)
(smaller) (larger)
(lesser) (greater)
(summer) (winter)
(Amazon) (Ganges) (Huang Ho)
(heavy tropical precipitation) (extensive source of particulate materials) (vast drainage
basin)
9. (1) (10) (100) times
10. (0.17) (1.1) (10.5) times
11. (high rates of weathering and erosion) (extensive vegetative cover)
12. (are) (are not)
13. (are) (are not)
14. (January) (April) (September)
15. (500) (530) (550) million M tons
16. (springtime snowmelt) (summer thunderstorms) (widespread fall precipitation systems)
17. (is) (is not)
18. (2) (4) (8) times
19. (do) (do not)
20. (glaciers) (rivers) (wind)
21. (finer) (coarser)
22. (west) (east)
AMS Ocean Studies - Week Four - COS Answer Form
(Complete as directed by your instructor)
Name: __________________________
Current Ocean Studies 4 Answers
1. (rising prices of metals) (increasing demand for metals) (both rising prices and increasing
demand)
2. (in the Mediterranean Sea) (along the mid-Atlantic ridge) (in the western Pacific Ocean)
3. (within) (outside of)
4. (less than) (greater than)