Chp.14 Oceans-Life Flashcards

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How much percent of the ocean is salinity?

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3.5%

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What is the difference between Plankton and Nekton?

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Nekton can move itself, Plankton can’t.

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What is the biggest influence for ocean temperature?

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Latitude

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What are the main elements in seawater?

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Chlorine, Sodium, Sulfate, Magnesium

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What is used to establish marine life zones?

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Ocean Depth, Distance from shore, Ocean Light

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Dentist of seawater is most effected by??

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Water Temp., and Salinity

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Oceanic Photo Synthetic productivity varies because of?

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Seasonal Changes Development of a thermocline

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What is most of earths biomass??

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Plankton.

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Define Benthos.

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Bottom Dwelling sea life

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Why do high latitude regions lack a thermocline?

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The water is isothermal

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What is the ATOC experiment? What are the negatives?

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A thing where they see the time travel of similar sound signals through the sofar channel now and in the future. It hurts whales.

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Does the oceans temperature change rapidly?

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No. It has unique Properties.

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What is zooplankton?

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Zoo=animal plankton=wandering

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What is the eupotic zone?

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A part of the photic zone where light is strong

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What is a Phynocline?

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A rapid change in density

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Why are there more creatures in the netric zone then the oceanic zone?

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There is more light.

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Why does a top carnivore benefit more from a food web not a food chain

A

There are more sustainable food options.

17
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How much of energy is transferred through tropic levels??

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What are two ways in which primary productivity is accomplished?

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Two factors influence a region’s photosynthetic produc- tivity: availability of nutrients (such as nitrates, phosphorus, iron, and silica) and the amount of solar radiation (sunlight).

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Why do high latitude waters lack a pyhnocline

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Temperature effects density

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What 2 areas have HIGH salinity on the earth.

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Great Salt Lakes, Dead Sea

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How is the ocean layered? What occurs at each of those layers?

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Shallow/Surface Mixed Zone, transition mixed zone, deep zone.
SM-uniform temp, vary due to seasons and lat., 2%
T-clines,18%
D-No light, high density, very cold.,

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What are the two processes desalination plants use to make drinkable water?

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Reverse osmosis, desolation.

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What is the relation between density and depth?

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The deeper the denser

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What are the processes that can affect the salinity of the water?
Evaporation, sea ice, glaciers, run off, precipitation.
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What 2 areas have HIGH salinity on the earth.
Great Salt Lakes, Dead Sea
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How is the ocean layered? What occurs at each of those layers?
Shallow/Surface Mixed Zone, transition mixed zone, deep zone. SM-uniform temp, vary due to seasons and lat., 2% T-clines,18% D-No light, high density, very cold.,
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What are the two processes desalination plants use to make drinkable water?
Reverse osmosis, desolation.
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What is the relation between density and depth?
The deeper the denser
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What are the processes that can affect the salinity of the water?
Evaporation, sea ice, glaciers, run off, precipitation.
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What are the different marine life zones in order?
``` Uphotic Aphotic ----------- Intertidal Neretic Oceanic ------------- Pelagic Benthic Abyssal ```
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What is primary productivity?
The amount of carbon used by organisms in synthesis.
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What climate has the most primary productivity?
Temperate
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What is the pelagic zone?
open ocean of any depth.
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Name three organisms that are classified as nekton.
Fish, whales, dolphins.
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Is a what zone would a whale live in?
Oceanic
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What are infauna epifauna
Epi- and animal that lives on the bottom starfish some crabs | In- they dig some crabs moi moi etc
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Where is light strongest
Uphotic
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What is another name for algae?
Phytoplankton