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Oceanography: ES.10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are oceans the important source of? | Food, mineral resources, human recreation, and transportation |
| The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary. What is an estuary? | Where fresh and salt water mixes |
| What has harmful effects on numbers of species? | Over-fishing |
| Any decrease in what type of population will affect all animals? | Plant |
| What does runoff bring and what does it affect? | Large quantities of sediments; Water clarity and can clog the gills of fish |
| What are some seafloor features caused by plate tectonics? | Mid-oceans ridges and trenches |
| What are most waves generated by? | Wind |
| Tides are the periodic rise and fall of the water caused by what? | The Sun and Moon |
| What is the single largest reservoir of heat on the Earth? | The Ocean |
| What supplies most of the oxygen for both the atmosphere and oceans? How do they do this? | Algae; Photosynthesis |