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1.  What are Nansen Bottles and how are they used?

2.  Why is it that in the winter time, it tends to be warmer near the sea coast and colder farther inland?

3.  What is the most important factor affecting the velocity of sound in the water?

4.  What is the most important ocean current affecting the United States and where does it flow?

5.  What is the hydrologic cycle?

6.  What is the primary cause of the rise and fall of ocean tides?

7.  What is the transpiration process?

8.  What causes the Red Sea to appear red?

9.  When do the tides have the highest range and why is this the case?

10.  How is water significantly different than most other materials when heated and cooled?