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Computer. JEOPARDY. Created by OKTechMasters & Sara Duncan Modified by Prof. Rodriguez. Contestants. Don’t Forget. …Always phrase your answers in the form of a question!. Hands on your buzzers, its. Computer. JEOPARDY!. Sediments. Beach. Salt. Ocean. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200.
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Computer JEOPARDY Created byOKTechMasters & Sara Duncan Modified by Prof. Rodriguez
Contestants Don’t Forget...
Hands on your buzzers, its... Computer JEOPARDY!
Sediments Beach Salt Ocean 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500
Sediments for $100 Name the types of oozes on the seafloor. What is…?
Calcareous Oozes (consist of >30% CaCO3 shells; eventually forms chalk or limestone) • Foraminferal or Globigerina Oozes (protozoans). • Pteropod Oozes (swimming snails; rare) • Coccolith Oozes (algae) • Siliceous Oozes (consist of >30 % Sio2 Shells) • Diatom Oozes (algae) • Radiolarian Oozes (protozoans) Back toGame
Sediments $200 What force transport sediments long distances? What is…?
Turbidites or turbidity currents Back toGame
Sediments $300 What is CCD? What is…?
Calcium compensation Depth – region below which calcium dissolves Back toGame
Sediments $400 Name the most common sediment in the Pacific Ocean What is…?
Clays - red Back toGame
Sediments for $500 How sediments are classified? What is…?
Terrigenous or Detrital • Biogenous • Hydrogenous (Chemical) • Cosmogenic Back toGame
Beach for $100 List a part of general beach profile. What is…?
The backshore • Sand dunes • The berm • The foreshore • The offshore Back toGame
Beach $200 How oceanographers usually classify coasts by? What is…?
Active And Passive Back toGame
Beach $300 List a major problem facing many beaches along the U.S. east and west coasts today. What is…?
Erosion Back toGame
Beach $400 List the major human activities that have contributed to shoreline erosion. What is…?
Construction of dams reduces river sediment inflows. • Construction of jetties, breakwaters, etc. • Extraction of sediments from rivers alters the sediment inflows. • Extraction of fossil fuels and water causes subsidence. Back toGame
Beach for $500 What is unique about the West coast of the U.S. What is…?
Active shoreline, edge of continental plate Back toGame
Salt for $100 How are estuaries are classified? What is…?
According to salinity and their mixing as: • Stratified estuary • Salt wedge • Mixed estuary Back toGame
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Salt for $200 DAILY DOUBLE Why is the ocean salty? What is…?
Because of dissolved salts. Back toGame
Salt for $300 List the most abundant ion dissolved in the ocean. What is…?
Major Ions in Typical Seawater • Ion parts per thousands (ppt.) • Cl- 18.98 • SO4-2 2.649 • HCO3- 0.140 • Na+ 10.556 • Mg2+ 1.272 • Ca+ 0.400 • K+ 0.380 Back toGame
Salt for $400 What is pH? What is…?
Measure of the dissociation of water into ions (H+ acidity, or OH- alkalinity). Back toGame
Salt for $500 What is life? What is…?
Capacity of acquire and use energy. Back toGame
Ocean for $100 What is a province in the ocean? What is…?
A province is an area where we expect to find similar plants and animals, depending on other environmental factors (temperature, current, salinity, nutrient supply) Back toGame
Ocean for $200 List the most important nutrients in the ocean. What is…?
Nutrients for plants are all inorganic and include nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, silicate, calcium. Back toGame
Ocean for $300 What is osmosis and diffusion. What is…?
The process where by water moves across the membrane but salt doesn’t is called osmosis. Diffusion movement of water from high concentration to low concentration. Back toGame
Ocean for $400 List the physical factors that affect life in the ocean and its importance to physical characteristics of the water What is…?
Temperature • Salinity • Amount of light • Nutrient supply • Vigor of the currents • Water depth Back toGame
Ocean for $500 Define a trophic levels in the ocean. What is…?
Refers to whom feed from whom, and how energy moves through a food chain. Back toGame