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| A weather system that often forms in summer over Asia (India), brings heavy rains. |
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| The bending of light as it enters the water. Result in objects appearing 25% bigger. |
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| The force that deflects the wind to their right in the northern hemisphere. |
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| Next to chlorine (chloride ion) it is the most abundant dissolved ion in the sea. |
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| ____ of average salinity freezes at -2 degrees C |
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| A region of little wind and where most major deserts are located |
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| A layer in the ocean in which sound travels at its minimum speed thus traveling great distances |
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| A gas being produced in huge amounts which results in global warming. |
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| The increase in concentration of pollutant found in organisms as you go higher up food chains. |
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| The charge that a chlorine atom gets when its against an electron to become a chloride ion. |
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| A pollutant which caused the thinning of bird egg shells. |
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| The oxygen end of one water molecule sticks to the positive ___ end of another water molecule. |
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| Cold,dry air masses are ___ pressure areas. |
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| A device that measures the salinity of water by using electrical conductivity. |
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| A transition zone between the warm, mixed surface layer and deeper cold, dense water. |
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| A current that brings up needed nutrients from the sea floor. |
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| The zone in the ocean to where light does not reach. |
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| The over fertilization of a body of water by excess nutrients (nitrates and phosphates) |
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| A wind patter that generally moves weather systems across the U.S. (modified by jet streams) |
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| A boundary between two different air masses. |
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| When air is warmed by conduction it becomes less dense and rises creating winds. |
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| Caused when warm air rises over the land during the day sucking in cool air from the ocean. |
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| A sinking current produced in the Mediterranean Sea known as an ___ density current. |
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| What type of bond is found between the atoms of a water molecule? |
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| In what medium does sound travel at its slowest speed? |
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| Which whale uses very loud, low frequency sound as a possible coastal scanner? |
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| What term describes the fact that water is slow to heat and slow to cool? |
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| Affects the nervous system (loss of feeling, coordination, lower IQ) Coal burning. |
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| How does methyl mercury affect humans and where does it come from? |
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| What fish produces red bioluminescence in order to see prey? |
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| Sea Breezes, Provide moisture, fog, and rain, and stores and releases heat. |
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| Give two ways in which the oceans moderate climate. |
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| Strong winds blow on shore or the bulge of water in the... |
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| Describe under what conditions can you get a storm surge. |
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| Which direction do the winds turn in a tornado? |
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| Willy willys, Tropical Cyclone, Typhoon. |
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| Give three names used to describe hurricanes. |
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| He absorbs the remaining blue light and there is no red light to reflect off him because it was absorbed by the water near the surface. |
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| Why does a fish thats red at the surface appear to be black at the bottom of the photic zone? |
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| Because of the Ice Ring structure. |
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