AMS OCEAN STUDIES
Preview Week - Investigation 1A Answer Form
 (Complete as directed by your instructor)

Name: __________________________

1. (random) (orderly) 
2. (major) (minor) 
3. (a major) (little or no) 
4. (curved) (straight and perpendicular to each other) 
5. (increases) (remains the same) (decreases) 
6. (much smaller than) (about the same size as) (much larger than) 
7. _________ Ocean 
8. ______________ 
9. (much smaller) (about the same size) (much larger) 
10. (conformal) (equal-area) 
11. (77) (87) (97) 
12. _________ km 
13. (land) (water) 
14. (30 ° S and 70 ° E) (20 ° S and 150 ° W) (55 ° N and 40 ° E) 
15. (not visible) (distinct) 
16. (is) (is not) 
17. (a few) (hundreds of) 
18. (Caribbean Sea) (Gulf of Mexico) 
19. (dissolved gases) (suspended particles) 
20. (smallest) (largest) 
21. (large boulders) (fine particles) 
22. (east) (west) 
23. (land) (ocean) 
24. (may) (could not) 
25. (open-ocean) (coastal) 
26. (direct rainfall) (discharge of water from the land) 
27. (are) (are not) 
28. (is) (is not) 

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