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| is the scientific study of the Earths oceans |
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| A wave is a rhythmic movement carrying______ through the water |
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| The energy from ocean waves is generated by |
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| The water from a wave moves |
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| up and down in circular pattern b/c of energy |
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| The_____ is the highest point on a wave |
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| The_____ is the lowest point on a wave |
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| The ampliitude is the vertical distance between the |
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| Tides are caused by gravitational attraction between |
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| ______ occurs during a full or new moon |
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| _______ occurs during the first or third quarter moon |
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| ______ has a greater effect on high and low tide than _______ |
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| A _______ is the movement of ocean water driven by differences in temp and salinity |
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| Cold water is more ______ then warm water |
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| Surface are currents driven by |
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| _____ example of dissolved gas in sea water |
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| Seas differ from oceans because |
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| land locked, more salinity |
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| _____ are examples of dissolved nutrients in sea water |
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| nitrates phosphates, silicates |
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| Upward motion of the ocean is called |
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| Upwelling brings_____ to the ocean surface |
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| ______ is a periodic change in teh earths weather |
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| ______ occurs when warm water from the western pacific streams easward to South America |
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| measure of salt in the ocean water |
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| _____ is the most connom dissolved salt in sea water |
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| In ______ _______, evaporation rates are higher than precipitation rates, this causes high salinity water |
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| In ______ ______, precipitation rates are greater thatn evaporation rates, causing lower salinity water |
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| Lowest salinity water exists in polar regions b/c of |
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| melting ice, diluted water |
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| How is sea salt removed from ocean |
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| marine animals, (creat bones, teeth, shells) |
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| Sediment formed by dead diatoms is called _____ |
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| Freshwater has a density of, and freezes at |
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1 g/ml
freezes at 0 degress |
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| Salt water has a density of, and freezes at |
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1.02-1.03 m/gl
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| Salt ions are _____ then water molecules |
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| A red fish 10m depth would appear |
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| a white fish about 90m would appear |
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| ocean is divided into 3 layers |
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| surface thermocline bottom layer |
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| Thermocline layer has ______ temp w/depth |
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| when sea water feezes the salt |
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| is not incorporated in the ice |
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| _______ is the maintenance of a constant internal environment |
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| movement of water from less saltinity to more saltinity areas |
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| seawater fish _____ water and ______salt |
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| frash water fish_____water and _____salt |
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| body temp is controlled by outside environment |
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| body temp is independent to outside enviorment |
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| Low Tide is a time of _____ |
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| ____ tide organisms are exposed to direct sunlight |
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| _____ organism food and oxygen are replenished |
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| _____is the open ocean, away from coasts and continents |
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| nutrients usually dont exist in _____ ______ |
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| hydrothermal vents do allow ____ to exist in _____ ____ |
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| _____ use suns energy to make food |
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| _____must obtain their food from other sources |
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| Most energy in a food web originates from |
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producers and consumers
meat eaters |
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| Herbivores are consumers etat eat only |
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| a herbivore must be a _____ consumer |
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| a carnivore must be at least a _____ consumer |
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| eat both consumers and producers |
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| small organisms, break down remains of dead organisms |
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| eat remains of dead animasl |
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