Draft:Original research/Oceanography/Quiz

Oceanography is a lecture from the school of geology.

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Quiz
{Yes or No, On Earth one of the five large bodies of water separating the continents is called an ocean. + Yes - No
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{ What is the blue-radiation source in the image at right? { Earth | ocean | Earth's oceans (i) }
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{Yes or No, The Pacific ocean borders Iowa. - Yes + No
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{Complete the text: The swirls of tan, green, blue, and white are most likely { sediment (i) } in the water. Some of the color may come from { phytoplankton (i) }.
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{Yes or No, The Pacific ocean borders Myanmar. - Yes + No
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{Which of the following is not a prominent contributor associated with the bluish color of water on Earth? + the blue sky - chlorophyll - dissolved organic matter - cyanobacteria - decomposition processes from dead organic matter such as plants - highly organic soils
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{Yes or No, The Atlantic ocean borders Chile. - Yes + No
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{True or False, The pale green patterns tinting the water along the Namibian coast in late February 2012 indicated high concentrations of sulfur. + TRUE - FALSE
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{What are pale green when viewed through the water of the Persian Gulf fringing the shoreline and islands of the UAE in a Landsat image? { coral reefs (i) }
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{Yes or No, The Indian ocean borders Uganda. - Yes + No
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{Which of the following strongly influence phytoplankton blooms in the northern Arabian Sea? + seasonal wind shifts + the monsoon + southwesterly winds - large-scale ocean circulation + northeast winds in winter - landlocked to the north
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{Yes or No, The Atlantic ocean empties into the Pacific. - Yes + No
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{What underwater events are the milky green swirls in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of El Hierro due to? { volcanic eruptions|steaming lava fragments|bits of rock|heated gas|other debris (i) }
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{Yes or No, The Nile river empties into the Arctic ocean. - Yes + No
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{Which of the following is a phenomenon associated with the Pacific Ocean? - borders the Arabian peninsula + occupies nearly a complete hemisphere of the Earth - separates Brazil from the Congo - few or no canyons and scarps on its bottom - surrounds Greenland - drains the Mediterranean
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{Yes or No, The Mississippi river empties into the Pacific ocean. - Yes + No
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{Which of the following is not a phenomenon associated with the Indian Ocean? + Borneo - coastline of Western Australia - India - Madagascar - Somalia - Persian Gulf
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{Yes or No, The Black Sea empties into the Arctic ocean. - Yes + No
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{Which of the following are oceans of Earth? + Pacific + Atlantic + Indian + Southern + Arctic - Baltic
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{Yes or No, The Black Sea and the Caspian Sea cannot empty into the Indian ocean. + Yes - No
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Oceanography includes the geography of the oceans.