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Oceanograpy 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are sea mounts? | Sea mounts are underwater volcanoes. |
| What is the relatively flat area that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope? | Continental Shelf. |
| This body of water can be largely affected by watershed runoff. | Chesapeake Bay |
| How do currents distribute heat? | Carrying warm water from equator to poles and cold water from the poles to the equator. |
| What has harmful effects on important food species? | Over-fishing. |
| What brings cold nutrient rich water from the bottom to the surface and areas of high biological activity will develop? | Upwelling |
| What is an important source of food and mineral resources? | Oceans |
| What supplies most of the oxygen for the atmosphere and the oceans? | Algae |
| What mixes at the Chesapeake Bay? | Fresh and Salt Water |
| In the ocean where do cold dense water sink? | Near the Antarctica (Antarctic Bottom Water) |