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Econ sounding is a technique used to map the ocean floor using radar
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False
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The trailing edge of a moving continental crustal plate is most likely to exhibit features of...
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Passive continental margins
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The origin of submarines canyon is not well understood but is most likely...
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Is erosional, started by streams during periods when sea level was lower
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What does IODP stand for?
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Intergrated Ocean drilling program
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What is a heave compensator?
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Keeps the drill string stable under rough conditions
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What is the difference between riseless drilling and riser drilling?
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Riser drilling allows drilling in hydrocarbon rich areas
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Data collected from reomate sending is better than other types of data. T o F
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False
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The most abundant gaseous components of the earth's structure are..
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Nitrogen and oxygen
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The Coriolis effect cause objects moving int he northern hemisphere to veer off course...
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To the right or clockwise when viewed from above
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Areas of vertical air movement (very little surface wind motion) are found on the latitudes of...
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0 and 30
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Extratropical cyclones typically form at...
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Latitudes, at the junctino between the polar cells and the ferrel cells
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Ekman Transport moves water 90 degrees to the left of the wind direction in the southern hemisphere...T or F
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True
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In the southern hemisphere Ekman transport causes coastal upwelling on the eastern margins of the continents because of the flow of surface water T or F
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False
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Geostropic gyres can be described by which of the following statements
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All of the above
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Which of these is generally not an El Nino effect?
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A decline in the exotic species of fish and other forms of marine life in the affected water
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