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Oceanography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What Are Oceans The Important Source Of? | food and mineral resources as well as human recreation and transportation |
| The Chesapeake Bay Can Be Affected By What Type Of Runoff? | watershed runoff |
| What Is The Chesapeake Bay? | an estuary where fresh and salt water mixes |
| What Will Runoff Bring? | large quantities of sediments |
| What Will Upwelling Bring? | cold nutrient rich water from the bottom to the surface and areas of high biological activity will develop. |
| What Kind Of Impact Will An Decrease In Food Stocks In The Ocean Cause? | economic |
| Most Waves Are Generated By ____. | wind |
| What Is The Abyssal Plain? | a relatively flat seafloor from the continental rise to the mid- ocean ridge. |
| What Is The Continental Shelf? | a relatively flat area that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope. |
| __________ Of the Seafloor Features Include Is As Variable As That on The Continents. | Topography |