Lecture 3

Question 1

What is true about the air pressure in the desert vs. coast?

Answer 1

high pressure to low pressure

Question 2

Is there oxygen at the bottom of the ocean?

Answer 2

yes, it is there due to downwelling with oxygen-rich surface water

Question 3

When are diatoms higher?

Answer 3

in spring, they decline in summer because zooplankton increase

Question 4

what is phytoplankton seasonality

Answer 4

increase in spring and sometimes fall
decrease in summer

Question 5

what is zooplankton seasonality

Answer 5

rise during spring but definitely present during summer

Question 6

What are limiting factors of phytoplankton and zooplankton

Answer 6

light and nutrients

Question 7

The ratio of chlorophyll b to a increases with __?

Answer 7

depth

Question 8

chlorophylls absorb what color?

Answer 8

red and blue

Question 9

what color do chlorophylls reflect

Answer 9

green

Question 10

what color do carotenoids absorb?

Answer 10

blue and green

Question 11

What color do carotenoids reflect?

Answer 11

red, yellow, and orange