Semester 2 - Unit 3: Oceanography |45 Questions| With Correct Answers.

sea mount {Ans: Underwater mountains below the sea surface, which are made up of rocks and sediment}marine osteoporosis {Ans: the dissolving of calcium carbonate shells to due to ocean acidification}coral polyps {Ans: Tiny coral animals that secrete skeletons of limestone which slowly accumulate and form coral reefs}Upwelling {Ans: The movement of deep, cold, and nutrient-rich water to the surface}thermohaline circulation {Ans: an oceanic circulation pattern that drives the mixing of surface water and deep water}direction of gyres in southern hemisphere {Ans: counterclockwise}Antarctic Ocean {Ans: An ocean in the Southern Hemisphere bounded to the north by the Antarctic Convergence and to the south by Antarctica.}Indian Ocean {Ans: Large amounts of rade happened in this body of water between Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Europe merchants. Particularly in the postclassical period 9600-1450)}shoreline {Ans: the line along which a large body of water meets the land.}Eutrophication {Ans: excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.}Cause of Coriolis effect {Ans: rotation of the