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Water and the Atmosphere Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

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1
Who is at the top of the food chain/web?
Whales.
Polar bears.
Humans.
Plankton.
2
What is the Coriolis Effect?
What causes toilet bowls to swirl.
Both.
Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
Neither.
3
How can salinity affect water?
It can lower the freezing point.
It can increase the melting point.
It can increase the boiling point.
It can make it bubble up.
4
Name two zones in the ocean.
Open-ocean and intertidal zone.
Warm zone and cold zone.
Open-ocean and outertidal zone.
Open-ocean and neritic zone.
5
What are the three characteristics of waves? Choose the BEST answer!
Direction of motion, wavelength, and frequency.
Wavelength, frequency, and wave depth.
Wave color, wave pattern, and current weather.
Wavelength, frequency, and wave height.
6
What is salinity?
The amount of argon in the air.
A measure of air pollution.
The total amount of dissolved salts in a sample.
A measure of thallium in water.
7
What is climate?
Average natural disasters per year measured over a decade.
Weather.
Pattern of temperature and precipitation typical of an area.
Average wind speed over one year.
8
Name two groups of marine organisms mentioned in the presentation.
Plankton and nekton.
Plankton and whales.
Nekton and benthos.
Dolphins and fish.
9
What is current in science? Choose the BEST answer!
The velocity of flow.
Now; Present
Moving electricity.
A large stream of moving water that flows through oceans.
10
What is a wave in science? Choose the BEST answer!
Movement of energy through a body of water.
Moving water.
Movement of air through a body of water.
A hand gesture.