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- Oceanography -
ES. 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The oceans are important source of what and what? | Food and Mineral Resources |
| Ocean resources are what? | Finite |
| The Chesapeake Bay is a(n) _______ where fresh and salt water mix. | Estuary |
| Most waves are generated by what? | Wind |
| Runoff will also bring large quantities of what that will affect water clarity? | Sediments |
| What has harmful effects on numbers of important food species? | Over-fishing |
| Human pollution from runoff can increase what populations which die quickly? | Algae |
| Any decrease in _______ populations will affect all animals, especially vertebrate animals above them on the food web. | Plant |
| Currents distribute heat by carrying ______ water from equator to poles and ______ water from the poles to the equator. | Warm; cold |
| What brings cold nutrient rich water from the bottom to the surface and areas of high biological activity will develop? | Upwelling |
| Algae supplies most of the oxygen for both the what and the oceans through photosynthesis? | Atmosphere |
| What are tides? | The periodic rise and fall of the water level caused by the moon and sun. |
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