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How would you fare
in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl? Try these sample questions and click
on the word "Answer" for the correct answer.
1. The transport of sediment along the shore by wave action is called:
- w. rip current
- x. longshore current
- y. swash
- z. longshore drift
2. What is the term for the light-producing organs of bioluminescent
organisms?
- w. photozomes
- x. photochromes
- y. photophores
- z. photoblasts
3. One hundred eighty million years ago this supercontinent began
to break up.
- w. Laurasia
- x. Pangaea
- y. Gondwanaland
- z. Tethys
4. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance
1 degree C is the:
- w. heat content of the substance
- x. heat capacity of the substance
- y. temperature of the substance
- z. kinetic energy of the substance
5. Benjamin Franklin's nephew, Timothy Folger, produced the first
map of the:
- w. North Atlantic Ocean
- x. Gulf Stream
- y. Laborador Currents
- z. U.S. Coastal Waters
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