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Water - Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| weather | short-term conditions in the atmosphere at a specific place and time |
| specific heat capacity | the amount of heat it takes to raise the temperature of a specific amount of something by one degree Celsius |
| convection | heat transfer that occurs when warm air rises, cools, falls, then warms and rises again |
| El Nino | Every three to seven years, the waters of the Pacific warm more than normal, and lead to unusual weather |
| La Nina | Often following El Nino, it is a cooling of the Pacific Ocean, and also causes unusual weather |
| phytoplankton | microscopic plants at the surface of the ocean |
| zooplankton | tiny animals at the ocean's surface that eat other kinds of plankton |
| turbid | describes water that is cloudy |
| bioindicator species | organisms that are good at showing changes in water quality |
| builuminescence | the ability of some marine animals to make their own light |
| point source | pollution that comes from a small or specific source |
| non-point source | pollution that comes from many different sources, not just one |
| acid precipitation | water (snow, rain, etc.) that combines with pollution in the air, and falls down later |
| invasive species | a new or foreign species that is not natural to a habitat (green crab, for example) |
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