Ocean Environments
Ocean Resources
Technology
Temp, pH, Water health
Vocabulary
100
What is the ecosystem where fresh water meets the saltwater?
Estuary
100
What are the four resources we get from the ocean?
food, mining, oil, and human recreation
100
They use this type of technology on ships and submarines?
sonar
100
Is lemon juice and acid or a base?
acid
100
Oxygen found in a body of water?
dissolved oxygen
200
What is the ecosystem that is controlled by the movement of the tides?
intertidal zone
200
Over half of the world's fish are caught in areas of what? think vocabulary
upwelling
200
What is the technology that emits sound waves and travel off of ocean objects?
sonar
200
As temperature increases what decreases?
oxygen in the water
200
cloudy or opaque; due to stirred up sediment or particles within the water?
turbid/turbidity
300
What ecosystem that is at the surface of the ocean that receives the most sunlight, heat and energy?
open ocean
300
What is the negative impact of fishing?
Over fishing may reduce the number of fish and hurt the species ability to reproduce
300
What does ROV stand for?
Remotely operated vehicle
300
The amount of gases in water indicate what?
Health of the water
300
The process of purifying or clarifying water to make it more potable?
water treatment
400
What is the ecosystems at the bottom of the ocean?
deep ocean
400
What is the negative impact of mining the ocean floor?
causes high turbidity
400
This technology is used to travel to deep parts in the ocean?
ROV
400
What chemicals causes algae to grow on top of water
nitrates and phosphates
400
a liquid that dissolves substances called solutes?
Solvent
500
In the deep ocean since the sunlight does not reach how do the organism produce energy to survive?
chemicals in their body
500
What is negative impact of oil rigs in the ocean?
oil spill
500
What is technology that is records and sends data to scientists about the ocean's temperature, winds, air currents, and etc.?
buoy
500
What is the process caused by excessive nitrates and phosphates?
eutrophication
500
A measure of how suitable water may be for drinking?
potability
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