Question | Answer |
nape | the back of your neck |
why is it better to water your lawn at night instead of during the day? | less water is lost to evaporation |
temperature | measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles (hot or cold) |
heat | a form of energy which transfers among particles |
sea level | level of the oceans surface, used to determine elevation |
sea | parts of the global ocean that are partly surrounded by land |
panthalassa | one giant body of water |
pangea | one giant landmass of the continents |
salinity | a measure of the amount of dissolved solid in a given amount of liquid |
oxymoron | a short phrase in which the words seem to contradict each other |
which feature is commom for a youthful river? | rapids |
sonar | sound navigation and ranging |
tectonic plates | enormus slabs of earth's crust and upper mantle |
bathymetric profile | map of the ocean floor that shows the oceans depth |
what percent of the earth is water? | 71 |
what are the four divisions of the ocean, from largest to smallest. | pacific, atlantic, indian, arctic |
how did the oceans form? | the gases in the air from exploding volcanoes condensed and turned into rain, filling the deeper parts of the earth |
what are the gases that are similar in the ocean and atmosphere? | nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide |
why is there salt in the ocean? | rivers dissolve various mainerals, and excess water carries it to the ocean |
salinity levels in hot/dry places | higher |
salinity levels in cold/wet places | lower |
what is the most important function of the ocean? | stabalizes earth's weather conditions by absorbing and holding thermal energy |
permafrost | a deep subsoil which is permanetly frozen |
what is an example of a point source pollution? | oil spill forms from a wrecked tanker |
desalination | a process of removing salt from the oceans water |
foord chain | diagram that shows how energy in food dlows from one organism to another |
food web | diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem |
quasar | a massive and extremly remote celestial object, emitting exceptionally large amounts of energy (radio waves) and typically having a starlike image |
during primary treatment at a wastewater plant... | dirty water is passed through a large screen |
during secondary treatment at a wastewater plant... | water is cleansed |
latitude | a location's distance north or south of the equator, read north to south |
longitude | a location's distance east or west of the prime meridian read east to west |
coordinates | set of numbers that describes where something is |