MID-YEAR EXAM REVIEW SHEET 2013 OCEANOGRAPHY

IMPORTANT: You must bring some work to the mid-year so if you get done with the exam early you will have something to do. You will not disturb others who are trying to concentrate or create a situation in which it looks like you may be giving answers to your classmates.

Material that is fair game for the mid-year exam includes but is not limited to: The Nature of Science steps of the scientific method controlled experiments controlled experiment critiques: good vs bad designing a controlled experiment Computer graphing and Rules for graphing

Chapter 5: Seawater molecular and structural formulas of water polarity of water molecules physical characteristics of water importance of characteristics to living things salinity: composition of water, measuring salinity, factors affecting seawater salinity Composition of Water-A Graphic Model activity Salinity of Seawater (using two methods) lab water density: fresh vs. seawater, effect of temperature and salinity on density distribution of Earth’s water: salt vs fresh vs frozen

Mapping the Bluefish River How to Measure a Faraway Object lab activity mapping scaling and scaling activity measuring and equipment used

Bluefish River Project Dr. Tyrone Delwave testing abiotic and biotic factors of the Bluefish River: tests conducted, equipment used and units for the following: flow velocity, flow volume, temperature, pH, salinity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, coliform test Chapter 2/3: Plate Tectonics and Oceans/Seas of the World Earth and Its Oceans notes handout Plate tectonics notes handout % of land vs oceans Major Features of Earths Solid Surface activity Seafloor Topography: shelf, break, slope, rise, abyssal plain, rift valley, mid-ocean ridges, trenches Seafloor video + worksheet locations and names of the seas and oceans of the world Contour of the Ocean Floor lab activity Plate boundaries: converging, diverging, sliding, subduction, mountains, seafloor spreading Determining the Speed of the Pacific Plate activity The Distance between Us and Them activity

Chapter 9: Tides Ocean tides notes handout causes of tides Characteristics and causes of the 3 types of tides in the ocean: diurnal, semi-diurnal, mixed tides spring tide and neap tide; cause and effect Tides and the Moon graphing activity Tide Chart Interpretation Reading a Tidal Chart activity

Chapter 7: Currents Ocean currents notes handout driving force behind currents World Ocean Currents activity warm currents vs. cold currents Wind naming Currents effect on climate Corriolus effect Coasal Upwelling and Banks note Coastal Upwelling activity