Vocab
What does significant mean?
Very important
What are the four fields of oceanography?
Physical, Geological, Biological and Chemical
(P5) What does the word it refer to?
hydrogen sulfide
What does marine mean?
related to the sea
What do physical oceanographers study?
They study currents, waves, tides, water salinity, temperature and water density.
(P3) What affects the density of water?
Salt content and temperature of the water.
What does the word fields mean?
A specific branch of study/activity
What do we call a underwater vent that releases gases from Earth's crust and deep sea animals live around?
A hydrothermal vent.
Where do biological oceanographers study global warming effects?
In East Asia
What does synthetic mean?
made by chemicals/not natural.
(P5) Why is manganese important in the Black Sea?
Manganese prevents hydrogen sulfide from ruining the ecosystem
(P9)Where would this sentence best fit? (a,b,c,d)
The line separating warm-water fish from cold-water fish has steadily moved north as well.
C
What is a phenomenon?
an interesting or unusual event/fact.
(P4) S.S: a)Scientists believe we are killing marine animals.
b)Scientists think pollution and waste is causing global warming.
c) A lot of research done by scientists is focused on how the oceans deal with pollution.
d)Scientists are looking at how to dump waste into the ocean safely.
C
(P3) What can be inferred about Antarctica
a)The climate in Antarctica affects the oceans globally.
b)The water near Antarctica is getting colder & saltier.
c)The land mass in Antarctica is getting larger.
d)No trends have been identified.
A