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Oceanography ES. 10

The marine sciences

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Oceans are a source of what? Food, mineral resources, and human recrreation.
What can the Chesapeake Bay affected by? Watershed runoff
What has harmful effects on important species? Over-fishing
Runoff can bring large quantities of what? Sediments
Movements of plates will disrupt what? The normal flow of currents present in the ocean.
Human pollution from runoff causes what? An increase of algae population.
Algae supplies most of the oxygen for the atmosphere and oceans through what? Photosynthesis
True or false. There are small current systems in the ocean. False. There are LARGE current systems in the ocean.
What brings cold nutrient rich water from the bottom to the surface and areas of high biological activity? Upwelling
What is the continental shelf? Continental shelf is the relatively flat area that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope.
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