Hydrology Unit Test Study Guide
TEST: Tuesday, April 16
1. List ways that the oceans are important to us.
2. What happens to the following conditions as you go deeper in the ocean and why?
ü light, temperature, salinity, density, pressure, dissolved oxygen, and life
3. What are plankton? Where can they be found? Give examples.
4. What are nekton? Where can they be found? Give examples.
5. What are benthos? Where can they be found? Give examples.
6. What are kelp forests? Where are they found?
7. What are coral reefs? Where are they found?
8. What is the intertidal zone? What can be found there?
9. What is the neritic zone? What can be found there?
10. What is the oceanic zone? What can be found there?
11. What is the surface zone? What is special about it?
12. What is the transition zone?
13. What is the deep zone?
14. What is upwelling? Why is it important?
15. What is the abyss?
16. What are hydrothermal vents? Why are they important?
17. What is an estuary?
18. What is photosynthesis?
19. Why are water regulations/water quality standards in place?
20. What is oceanography?
Hydrology Unit Test Study Guide
TEST: Tuesday, April 16
1. List ways that the oceans are important to us.
2. What happens to the following conditions as you go deeper in the ocean and why?
ü light, temperature, salinity, density, pressure, dissolved oxygen, and life
3. What are plankton? Where can they be found? Give examples.
4. What are nekton? Where can they be found? Give examples.
5. What are benthos? Where can they be found? Give examples.
6. What are kelp forests? Where are they found?
7. What are coral reefs? Where are they found?
8. What is the intertidal zone? What can be found there?
9. What is the neritic zone? What can be found there?
10. What is the oceanic zone? What can be found there?
11. What is the surface zone? What is special about it?
12. What is the transition zone?
13. What is the deep zone?
14. What is upwelling? Why is it important?
15. What is the abyss?
16. What are hydrothermal vents? Why are they important?
17. What is an estuary?
18. What is photosynthesis?
19. Why are water regulations/water quality standards in place?
20. What is oceanography?