Marine Science Exam Review With Questions&Answers Exam Bundle

from the west and blows toward east. Sea Level - ANSWER Average level of sea surface Gyre - ANSWER Single circular water flow in each ocean basin. Ekman Spiral - ANSWER Moving water transfers energy to layers underneath it, slightly to the right. Western Ocean Boundary Currents - ANSWER ...

snails. Scientists studying these snails found that while 47 percent of the snail population was striped, 56 percent of the snails eaten by birds were striped. What could scientists conclude about the snails? - ANSWER Solid shell snail genes will increase in the population. The flesh-eating bacte...

Marine Science - ANSWER Process of discovering facts, processes, & unifying principles that explain nature of oceans & their associated life forms.; Involves physical, life & earth/space science How much of the oceans have humans seen? - ANSWER Very little of the ocean; about the size of a period...

like living in an underwater forest of giant kelp - ANSWER Kelp forest Small trees that grow in coastal saline or brackish water found in subtropic and tropics. floods twice daily, inhabitants must have high water tolerance - ANSWER Mangrove forest formed in shallow, warm water. Not able to be...

What is the relationship between the economy and environmental quality? - ANSWER NOT There is no relationship between the economy and environmental quality. During nesting season, each female loggerhead sea turtle will lay several clutches of eggs, each one being around 100 eggs. On average, one ...