Exam 12: The Ocean and the Atmosphere

The atmospheric layer that protects life on Earth by absorbing ultraviolet radiation is the _____layer.

_____are regular,daily cycles of rising and falling sea level that results from the gravitational action of the Moon,the Sun,and the Earth.

Wave-washed sediment along a coast forms a(n)_____.

The Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States are mostly _____ coast.

Beginning at the bottom and moving upward,the four layers of the atmosphere as shown are the _____,stratosphere,mesosphere,and thermosphere.

Why do waves break as shown below?

The Earth's axial tilt (declination),which causes seasons,is _____ degrees from vertical.

Cold,salty water off the coast of Greenland sinks to form a large ocean mass called _____.

What factors contribute to creating weather?

An enclosed bay inshore from a barrier bar is a(n)_____.

The Earth's atmosphere is a mixture of gases dominated by oxygen and nitrogen.The next most abundant gas (in dry air)is _____.

What is the greenhouse effect?

The Northeast and Southeast _____ Winds in the global pattern as shown,generally blow east-to-west,above and below the Equatorial low pressure zone.

The tiny coral animals are called_____.

The gases that cause the greenhouse effect are concentrated in the _____layer of the Earth's atmosphere.

Sea level may rise and fall by thousands of meters.

A rogue wave may have a trough-to-crest height reaching _____ m.

The figure below indicates that water on Earth may have come originally from inside the Earth,through volcanoes,and from _____.

The surface ocean current in the figure below,that flows northward into the Atlantic Ocean and east across the Carolina coast,is called the _____:

Global warming is suspected to be responsible for sea level changes of _____.