MID-YEAR EXAM REVIEW SHEET 2015
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
usedand 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 the3 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