Elements
Plastics
Styrofoam
Biogeochemical Cycles
Water Chemistry
100
This element is the most abundant dissolved gas in the ocean and makes up 78% of the air we breathe.
What is Nitrogen.
100
Most plastics are made of:
What is hydrocarbons or oil.
100
Water is this many times more dense than air.
What is 800.
200
The bird that brings 5 tons of plastic to Midway every year and is considered the "indicator for the health of the Pacific."
What is Albatross.
200
What percentage of excess CO2 is absorbed by the oceans? (From the video Lethal Seas).
What is 25%
400
This element is important in maintaining "osmotic pressure" in sea animals. It is found in the most abundant solute in the ocean.
What is sodium (Na).
500
A term for an element whose scarcity might limit the growth, abundance, or distribution of an organism or a population of organisms in an ecosystem.
What is a limiting factor
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