Rocks
Earth process that forms metamorphic rocks
What is heat and pressure?
Photosynthesis occurs in this cycle(s)
What is the carbon cycle?
pH is a measure of this
What is hydrogen ion concentration
This is the ideal pH range in the ocean
What is 7.8-8.4?
As depth increases, temperature changes in this way
What is decreases?
Sedimentary rocks form anywhere with this essential element
What is water?
This cycle(s) makes protein
What is the nitrogen cycle?
Water has these kinds of bonds
What are covalent and hydrogen bonds?
This is the ideal range of salinity in the ocean
What is about 32-36 ppt?
As depth increases, density changes in this way
What is increases?
This type of boundary occurs when an oceanic and continental plate interact
What is subduction?
This cycle(s) involves the transfer of matter
What are the carbon and nitrogen cycles?
Hydrogen bonds are responsible for this water property
What is cohesion, capillary action, adhesion, surface tension, high heat capacity
This is the ideal range of ammonia (NH3) in the ocean
What is 1 ppm or less?
Salinity changes in this way as depth increases
What is increases?
Basalt is an example of this kind of rock
What is igneous extrusive?
Waste products are decomposed in this cycle(s)
This can lead to an increase in salinity in a body of water
A large increase or decrease in ocean temperature is bad for these reasons
What is warm water holds less DO, organisms can only live in certain temps or they will die (thermal pollution)
pH changes in this way as depth increases
What is decreases?
The average depth of the ocean
What is 12,000ft?
Nutrients are absorbed by roots in this cycle(s)
What is the nitrogen cycle?
This is how temperature effects salt water density
What is indirectly proportional (as one increases, the other decreases)
CO2 levels increasing in the atmosphere is a problem because this can happen in the ocean
This is the depth profile of oxygen (where it increases and decreases at these depths)
High at the surface, decreases, then increases