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38 Cards in this Set
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Water that is flowing is said to be..... |
lotic |
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Water that is standing still is said to be.... |
lentic |
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The winds that don't blow to the west in the South Pacific, responsible for El Nino are called.... |
trade winds |
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In a non-El Nino year, the winds are blowing normally, from East to west, the deep, cold, nutrient-rich water _______________ off the South American coast. |
upwells |
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The sun heats land & water with the same amount of energy, the _____ heats faster than the _____, because water has a very high ____ _____. |
land, sea heat capacity (4.18 J/g C) |
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Rising heated air creates ____ pressure. |
Low |
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Sinking, cool air creates ____ pressure. |
High |
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Wind blows from ____ pressure to ____ pressure. |
high, low
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Upwelling is responsible for bringing _____ to the phytoplankton and the rest of the food chain off the west coast of South America. |
nutrients |
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ENSO stands for.... |
El Nino Southern Oscillation |
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The "oscillation" in ENSO refers to what? & what does it do to the wind. |
Reversal of air pressure in the South Pacific, such that the trade winds blow the opposite direction. |
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During El Nino, W. South America gets _____ rainfall and ____ temperature, leading to _____-borne diseases. |
much warmer water |
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During El Nino, W. Pacific Indonesia tropical rainforest gets _____ conditions. |
dry (including fires) |
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The word, ____, refers to a lack of nutrients in water, making the water _______ and largely void of life. |
oligotrophic clear |
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The word, ____, refers to water that is rich in nutrients, which can support a lot of life, but can deplete the water of dissolved ______. |
eutrophic oxygen |
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Eutrophication naturally occurs when ____ and other organic matter get in it, but when man causes it, we call it ____ eutrophication. |
leaves cultural |
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Eutrophication is caused by an overabundance of _____ in water, which cause autotrophs to grow too much. |
nutrients (fertilizer) |
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Floating plants that grow to thick can block ____, which will ____ submerged aquatic vegetation. |
light kill |
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When organisms (such as aquatic plants) die, they _____, in which case, bacteria remove a lot of _____ from the water, making the habitat unsuitable. |
decompose oxygen |
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In this lake, Letter C is in the ____ zone. |
limnetic |
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In this lake, Letter A is the _____ zone. |
benthic |
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In this ocean diagram, Letter Z is the ____ zone. |
abyssal |
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In this ocean diagram, Letter W is the ____ zone. |
neritic |
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In this ocean diagram, Letter Y is the ____ zone. |
bathyal |
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In this lake, Letter D is the _____ zone. |
littoral |
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In this lake, Letter B is the ____ zone. |
profundal |
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In this ocean diagram, Letter X is the ____ zone. |
pelagic |
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The photic zone is likely to be found near letters ___ & ____. |
W & X |
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Insoluble phosphate sediments are likely to be found near which letter? |
Z |
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The zone that will have the most marine life is letter ____, known as the _____ zone. |
W, neritic |
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The intertidal zone and coral reefs would be found in zone ____. |
W, neritic |
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The major autotroph in zone X is _____. |
phytoplankton |
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The most amount of emergent plant life will be found at letter ____, which is the ____ zone. |
D, littoral |
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When land and sea cool, the _____ cools faster than the _____. |
land, sea |
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Mangrove trees have arching ______ that help _____ fall from the water and build up the land to help form ______. |
roots sediments land/islands |
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Mangrove trees have _____ on their leaves that help it remove the salt that they take in from their environment. |
salt removal features |
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Mangroves are extremely important for providing _______ to the many marine organisms seeking refuge. |
habitat |
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Mangroves protect _________ from massive storms that hit the coast. |
land |
