General Hydrosphere
Oceans 1
Oceans 2
Water Quality
Human Impact
100
Contains most of the Earth's water
What is the ocean
100
Is a producer in a marine ecosystem
What is algae
100
What upwelling brings to the surface
What is nutrients
100
Indicates if water is healthy
What are bioindicators
100
A possible effect of high nutrient levels in water systems
What is an algae bloom
200
An area of land that drains into a river or lake
What is a watershed
200
An underwater mountain
What is a mid ocean ridge
200
Where freshwater and salt water meet
What is an estuary
200
A neutral Ph for water
What is 7.0
200
The runoff of fertilizer from a farm into an aquatic ecosystem can lead to a condition called
What is eutrophication
300
A rock layer that collects and stores water
What is an aquifer
300
Entangling animals, threatening animals and humans, and jellyfish can eat plastic thinking it is prey
What is pollution doing to marine life
300
How deep-water bacteria in the ocean make food
What is chemosynthesis
300
filtration, aeration, chlorination
What are methods used to clean water
300
A non-point source
What is agricultural runoff, soil from farms, acid rain
400
Where is most of the Earth's freshwater located
What are icecaps and glaciers
400
A large, dark, flat area in the ocean
What is the abyssal plain
400
Chimney-like tubes that are found at the bottom of the ocean
What is hydrothermal vents
400
An act that focuses on keeping surface water clean
What is the Clean Water Act
400
Oil spilling from a super tanker
What is an example of a point source
500
Has a large effect on the health of a river system
What are nitrate levels and turbidity
500
Plankton, Benthos, and Nekton
What are the three types of ocean life
500
Microrganisms that live near hydrothermal vents provide energy for
What is larger organisms around the vents
500
When temperature is low, dissolved oxygen is
What is high
500
One comes from a identifiable source and one comes from an unknown source
What is the difference between point and non-point polltion
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