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Week 5: Assignment 5 Isopycnal Curves Guyot

The document provides the correct answers for Week 5: Assignment 5 related to oceanography concepts. Key terms include isopycnal curves, guyots, seamounts, abyssal plains, mid-oceanic ridges, submarine canyons, continental slopes, tidal patterns, oceanic deeps, and thermoclines. It also offers the option for additional explanations for revision purposes.

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Week 5: Assignment 5 Isopycnal Curves Guyot

The document provides the correct answers for Week 5: Assignment 5 related to oceanography concepts. Key terms include isopycnal curves, guyots, seamounts, abyssal plains, mid-oceanic ridges, submarine canyons, continental slopes, tidal patterns, oceanic deeps, and thermoclines. It also offers the option for additional explanations for revision purposes.

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Got it 👍 Here are the correct answers for your Week 5 : Assignment 5:

1.​ Equal density curves are called → isopycnal curves ✅​

2.​ Which of these is a minor feature of the ocean floor? → guyot ✅​

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3.​ “mountains with pointed summits rising from the sea floor, but not reaching the surface of
the ocean” → seamount ​

4.​ Which of these is the largest habitat on the Earth? → abyssal plain ✅​
5.​ Which of these are the largest mountain ranges on Earth? → mid-oceanic ridge ✅​
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6.​ “deep valleys, often cutting across continental shelves and slopes” → submarine
canyon ​

7.​ Continental slope has a gradient of → 2-5 degree ✅​


8.​ Which of these is not a prominent tidal pattern? → mixed semidiurnal ✅​
9.​ “relatively steep-sided, narrow, deep basins” → oceanic deep / trench ✅​

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10.​In the sea, a layer where the temperature decreases rapidly from the mixed upper layer
to the cold deeper layer is called → thermocline ​

Would you like me to also give you a 1–2 line explanation for each so you can revise before
the deadline?

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