Cod
A dietary staple for both sides of the Atlantic until the ban on fishing in 1992.
Cod
Which of the following is not one of the world’s 5 oceans?
Atlantic Northern
Pacific Southern
Indian Arctic
What is more dense, salt water or fresh water?
Salt
The name of the current that makes Europe warmer than it would otherwise be.
Gulf Stream
Virtually always underwater except during the lowest of spring tides. Life is more abundant there because of the protection provided by the water.
Lowest Intertidal Zone
What famous beachside town is named after the cod?
Cape Cod, MA
What is our planet’s longest Mountain Range (located underwater)?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Different areas of the ocean have a higher concentration of salt than other areas. Coastal waters are less _______ due to the freshwater runoff
salty
When deep, cold waters are pulled up to the surface (where currents diverge from one another) it is called a ______________________________.
upwelling
A mass of calcium carbonate composed of the skeletons of tiny marine animals.
Coral Reef
All of the following are reasons for the reduction in cod fisheries except for:
Oceans cover what percent of the earth's surface?
71%
Oceans only vary around _____ degree Celsius throughout the year due to its high heat capacity
10
Occurs when air pressure decreases in the eastern Pacific and increases in the western Pacific, bringing warmer water to the eastern Pacific (usually occurred right before Christmas).
El nino
All of the following are the causes of coral bleaching except for:
Who stole the "Sacred Cod" from the Massachusetts State House in Boston, MA in 1933
Harvard Students
the lowest point of the ocean (deeper than Mount Everest is high)
mariana trench
What percent of the ocean is salt (and trace elements)?
3.5%
If global warming causes Greenland’s ice sheet to melt, it could make the surface water less dense, stopping the NADW, and shutting down the northward flow of warm water, doing what to Europe's climate?
cooling it
Name one effort that is being made to preserve or restore a coral reef. ___________________________
•Coral Trees
•Living Seawalls
•Conserving Genetic Diversity and Reintroducing Coral
What year was a ban on fishing cod placed?
1992
The measurement of the ocean depths.
bathymetry
A region where density increases rapidly with depth is the ______________________.
pycnocline
Worldwide current system in which warmer, fresher water moves along the surface and colder, saltier water moves beneath.
Thermohaline Circulation
Used to make alginates: a types of thickener used in ice cream, paint, soap, etc.
Kelp