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Oceanography-Stack1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What affects the oceans water quality? | Human activities, human waste disposal, and construction within the water shed. |
| The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary where fresh and salt water mix; what do these differences in salinity cause? | High biological activity |
| Why are coral reefs important? | Coral reefs aid in catching fish and shell fish. |
| What happens if the plant population decrease in any way? | The decrease will affect all animals. |
| Why will a decrease in food stocks affect people and industries? | Many cultures are almost totally dependent on food from the oceans. |
| How do the large current systems in the ocean distribute heat? | The currents carry warm water from the equator to the poles and cold water from the poles to the equator. |
| Movement of plates will disrupt normal flow of currents that are present in the ocean today; how will this affect the ice caps? | Circulation will change causing changes in the ice caps size and location. |
| What do upwellings do? What happens afterwards? | Upwellings bring cold nutrient rich water from the bottom to the surface. Afterwards, areas of high biological activity develop. |
| How are most waves generated? | They are generated by wind. |
| As the land becomes colder during the fall and the winter, ocean water stays colder than the land; what does this cause? | Low pressure systems form over the warmer oceans and causes increased chances of snows. |
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