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Oceanography: ES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the oceans an important source for? | food, mineral resources, and transportation |
| What are finite and should be used with care? | ocean resources |
| What type of human activities affects water quality? | agriculture, human waste disposal, and construction |
| What is an estuary where fresh and salt water mixes? | The Chesapeake Bay |
| What can the Chesapeake Bay be largely affected by? | the Chesapeake Bay watershed runoff |
| Large quantities of what do runoff bring? | sediments |
| A decrease in what population will affect ALL animals? | plant population |
| The Continental shelf is the... | relatively flat area that extends from the shoreline to continental slope |
| What bring cold nutrient rich water from the bottom to the surface and cause areas of high biological to develop? | upwelling |
| What does algae supply? | most of the oxygen for both the atmosphere and the oceans through photosynthesis |