Oceans 1
Surface currents are primarily driven by this.
The measure of the amount of dissolved salts in the water is known as _________________.
What is salinity?
The first day of winter and the first day of summer are known as these.
What are solstices?
The hottest planet due to the greenhouse effect
What is Venus?
Punnett Squares focus on _____ type(s) of genes.
a. 3
b. 1
c. 81
d. 2
What is 1?
Long, narrow depressions on the seafloor formed when plates collide are known as _______________.
What are trenches?
These currents flow under the surface of the ocean.
What are deep ocean currents?
In the spring in fall, both hemispheres receive ___________ amounts of day and night.
What is equal?
planet scarred by craters
What is Mercury?
A robin and a crow both land on wet field to rest for a bit. The imprint left by this bird is _____________ and for this reason.
What is the crow? What is larger imprint due to its greater mass?
____________ is affected by both temperature and salinity.
What is density?
These are the four main elements that make up the ocean's water.
What are hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and chlorine?
The seasons of the Earth are caused by two phenomena: the ___________ of the Earth and the ______________ of the Earth.
What is tilt; revolution?
A planet is a(n) ________________ body moving in an orbit around a star.
What is celestial?
The entire male reproductive part of the flower
What is the stamen?
The underwater flatland between the continental rise and mid-ocean ridge is known as the ____________.
What is the abyssal plain?
The processes that cause warm water to rise and cold water to sink are known as ______________.
What are convection currents?
During the winter solstice on December 21, the Antarctic Circle receives ____________ of daylight.
What is 24?
Planet with such a low density it would float in your bathtub if the tub was big enough
What is Saturn?
Balance the following equation.
___ Ca + ___ O2 > ___ CaO
What is 2Ca + O2 > 2CaO?
The final boundary between the continental and oceanic crust is known as the ________________.
What is the continental rise?
The ocean is most commonly polluted due to __________ from the land.
What is runoff?
The first day of spring and the first day of fall are known as these.
What are sping and fall?
The more ____________ a planet has, the greater its gravitational force and pull on a nearby object.
What is mass?
Cellular respiration must take place in ______________ and _______________.
What are plants and animals?