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Marine Science A Final Exam Questions and Answers 2024
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Marine Science A Final Exam Questionsand Answers
what is made up of 30% skeletal remains? - Answer -biogenic sediment
what's the least stable layer of the atmosphere - Answer -the troposphere
What do upwellings do? - Answer -they return nitrates to the surface of the ocean
hydrodynamics - Answer -study of water
how is flow shaped? - Answer -by the liquid and it's environment
what does heat do to the movement of water molecules? - Answer -speeds it up
when is hydrostatic pressure felt? - Answer -when an organism hits the water
why isn't the earth a closed system? - Answer -because gases from the earth escape
from the higher realms of the atmosphere
what is the movement of the waves in the middle of the ocean normally like? - Answer -
circular
Crest - Answer -highest point of a wave
trough - Answer -lowest point of a wave
When does refraction occur? - Answer -when there's a change of depth in the water
do water molecules shrink when they're frozen? - Answer -no
What is water an example of? - Answer -a chemical
why does water attract so many other kinds of molecules? - Answer -because it is both
positively and negatively charged
where does the ocean get most of its heat? - Answer -the sun
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