Water Systems and Waves
This type of bond occurs between water molecules.
What is a hydrogen bond?
This is how carbon moves from the atmosphere to plants.
What is through photosynthesis?
This type of species has a disproportionately large impact on its ecosystem.
What is a keystone species?
This is the primary outcome of differential reproductive success.
What is favorable traits becoming more common over generations?
This best describes ecological succession.
What is a series of progressive changes in species composition over time?
This is why water is considered a universal solvent.
What is its ability to dissolve more substances than any other liquid?
This human activity significantly releases carbon into the atmosphere.
What is burning fossil fuels?
This describes a mutualistic relationship.
What is both organisms benefit?
This process during meiosis contributes significantly to genetic variation.
What is crossing over?
These are the typical months when hurricanes and typhoons occur.
What is June through November?
This happens to water’s density when it freezes.
What is it becomes less dense?
Marine systems are defined by these two main component types.
What are biotic and abiotic?
This term describes the maximum population size an environment can support.
What is carrying capacity?
This describes gene flow.
What is the transfer of genetic material between populations?
This type of reef forms first around a volcanic island.
What is a fringing reef?
This explains why tsunamis may not be visible in deep water
What is they have very long wavelength in deep water?
The water and carbon cycles are this type of system
What is it is a closed system?
This percentage of energy transfers between trophic levels.
What is 10%?
This is how genetic drift impacts small populations.
What is it can lead to a loss of genetic variation?
This is how El Niño affects upwelling along South America.
What is it weakens or stops upwelling, reducing nutrients?
According to the Law of Conservation of Energy, this happens to energy in an isolated system.
What is it remains constant?
This is how currents and temperature influence marine organisms.
What is they transport organisms and create suitable or unsuitable habitats?
This is the main energy source for marine ecosystems.
What is photosynthesis?
This is the primary consequence of reduced genetic variation.
What is reduced ability to survive and adapt to environmental changes?
This is the most destructive aspect of hurricanes.
What is storm surge?