As the World Turns
H2O
Wet & Wild
Just Breathe
Ocean grab bag
Gee, that's swell
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% of Earth covered by water
What is ..... 71%
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Which property makes water the "universal" solvent?
What is its ..... polarity 
/ + & -sides
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Aquatic animals have evolved streamlined shapes due to water's high _____ (resistance to flow).
What is ... viscosity
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Ocean photosynthesizer that produces 50% of our atmospheric oxygen?
What is ... phytoplankton
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Tool used to measure water transparency.
What is ... a Secchi disk.
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Cause of surface wave is ____ generated by differences in ____ temperature.
What is ... wind (generated by differences in) air temperatures
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Ocean gyres move warm water away from which latitude line and cool water away from which latitudes?
What are...equator / poles
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What property makes water slower to change temperature than many other substances? It also allows it to moderate local temperatures.
What is .... high specific heat
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Property of water that allows organisms, even very heavy ones, to float.
What is ... buoyancy
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All organisms need this molecule to conduct respiration, so how much of it is available is a limiting factor for aquatic life.
What is ... dissolved oxgyen
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Pressure at 10m below the ocean's surface.
What is ... 2atm.
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Rounded form wave takes as it gets further away from the original wind source.
What is... a swell.
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This is the initial energy source that drive global air and water circulation patterns.
What is ... solar energy (strongest at equator)
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CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES! Take 20pts from another team if correct.
This type of bond gives water many of its special properties.
what is .... hydrogen bonds (between diff. water molecules)
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Aquatic organisms, like sea turtles, are cold-blooded. Which water property makes organisms lose body heat 3 times faster in water than in air?
What is ... conduction.
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Decomposition of organic material after too much nutrification (N & P) depletes marine environments of this molecule.
What is ... dissolved oxygen.
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Two celestial bodies that team up to cause Earth's tides.
What are ... the moon and sun.
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Crazy tall wave formed by reinforcement event.
What is a .... rogue wave
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It drives the movement of water through the atmosphere and causes mixing of surface water into deeper water.
What is .... wind
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Water's freezing point and boiling point in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
FP = 0C 32F BP = 100C 212F
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The duck moves up and down, not in the direction of the wave because a wave moves ____ not ____.
What is ... energy ... NOT matter
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3 ways that dissolved oxygen can be increased.
What are ... photosynthesis, diffusion across the surface, aeration.
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Tide pattern we have here on the Atlantic Coast.
What is ... semidiurnal (twice daily)
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"harbor wave" caused by seismic activity
What is ... a tsunami
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Process of wind creating ocean currents as microlayers of water deflect wave energy in successive angles.
What is ... Ekman transport
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Which water is more dense and sinks? (choose 2)
lower temp vs. higher temp
lower salinity vs. higher salinity
What is ... lower temp and higher salinity
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Animal that can live in sub-tropical South Africa due to the cold Benguela current flowing up the coast.
What is ... the African penguin.
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Molecule that is 80% of the dissolved gases found in the ocean.
What is ... carbon dioxide.
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Global thermohaline circulation current moving dissolved oxygen due to differences in density.
What is ...the global ocean conveyor.
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3 ways to increase wave size.
What are ... increasing wind time, wind speed, or fetch.