Oceans
The Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic.
What is the 5 Earth oceans?
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The thing that causes waves to roll onto beaches.
What is wind?
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The lowest level of an ocean.
What is low tide?
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Any harm to the physical, chemical, or biological health of an ocean ecosystem.
What is ocean pollution?
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Provides habitat for fish and many other organisms.
What is a coral reef?
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The percentage of salt water in oceans.
What is 97 percent?
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A wave that forms when an ocean disturbance suddenly moves a large volume of water.
What is a tsunami?
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The highest level of an ocean's surface.
What is a high tide?
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Pollution that cannot be traced to a specific source.
What is non-point source pollution?
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_____ organisms such as coral, are very sensitive to temperature changes.
What is Marine?
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The measure of the mass of dissolved solids in a mass of water.
What is salinity?
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The 3 factors that affect the size of surface waves.
What is wind speed, time, and distance?
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The gravitational force that causes the largest tide.
What is between the Earth and the Moon?
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Pollution that can be traced to a specific source.
What is Point-Source Pollution?
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The things that cause immediate harm to ocean ecosystems.
What is solid waste, excess sediments, and algal blooms.
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The way the oceans were formed.
What is vapor gas in volcanoes?
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The motion of a water particle in a wave.
What is circular?
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The 3 Things that affect tides.
What is the coastlines of continents, the shape and size of ocean basins, and the depth of the oceans?
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The reason plastic is bad for oceans.
What is animals mistake it for food and it doesn't degrade easily.
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The thing marine organisms use to build shells and skeletons.
What is calcium?
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55% of seawater.
What is chlorine?
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The Japanese word tsu meaning.
What is harbor?
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The reason why tidal ranges aren't constant.
What is they vary depending on the positions of the Sun and the Moon with respect to the Earth?
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____ need nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus to grow.
What is algae?
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The result that occurs when carbon dioxide mixes with seawater.
What is weak acid?
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