% of Earth covered by water
What is ..... 71%
Which property makes water the "universal" solvent?
What is its ..... polarity / + & -sides
Aquatic animals have evolved streamlined shapes due to water's high _____ (resistance to flow).
What is ... viscosity
Ocean photosynthesizer that produces 50% of our atmospheric oxygen?
What is ... phytoplankton
Tool used to measure water transparency.
What is ... a Secchi disk.
Cause of surface wave is ____ generated by differences in ____ temperature.
Ocean gyres move warm water away from which latitude line and cool water away from which latitudes?
What are...equator / poles
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
Property of water that allows organisms, even very heavy ones, to float.
What is ... buoyancy
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
Pressure at 10m below the ocean's surface.
What is ... 2atm.
Rounded form wave takes as it gets further away from the original wind source.
What is... a swell.
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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This type of bond gives water many of its special properties.
what is .... hydrogen bonds (between diff. water molecules)
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.
Decomposition of organic material after too much nutrification (N & P) depletes marine environments of this molecule.
What is ... dissolved oxygen.
Two celestial bodies that team up to cause Earth's tides.
What are ... the moon and sun.
Crazy tall wave formed by reinforcement event.
What is a .... rogue wave
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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The duck moves up and down, not in the direction of the wave because a wave moves ____ not ____.
What is ... energy ... NOT matter
3 ways that dissolved oxygen can be increased.
What are ... photosynthesis, diffusion across the surface, aeration.
Tide pattern we have here on the Atlantic Coast.
What is ... semidiurnal (twice daily)
"harbor wave" caused by seismic activity
What is ... a tsunami
Process of wind creating ocean currents as microlayers of water deflect wave energy in successive angles.
What is ... Ekman transport
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
Animal that can live in sub-tropical South Africa due to the cold Benguela current flowing up the coast.
What is ... the African penguin.
Molecule that is 80% of the dissolved gases found in the ocean.
Global thermohaline circulation current moving dissolved oxygen due to differences in density.
What is ...the global ocean conveyor.
3 ways to increase wave size.
What are ... increasing wind time, wind speed, or fetch.