Marine Science A Final Exam questions with answers

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what is made up of 30% skeletal remains? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔biogenic sediment |\




what's the least stable layer of the atmosphere - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔the troposphere |\ |\




What do upwellings do? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔they return
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nitrates to the surface of the ocean
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hydrodynamics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔study of water |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




how is flow shaped? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔by the liquid and
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it's environment
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what does heat do to the movement of water molecules? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔speeds it up |\ |\ |\ |\




when is hydrostatic pressure felt? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔when
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an organism hits the water
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, why isn't the earth a closed system? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔because gases from the earth escape from the higher realms |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


of the atmosphere
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what is the movement of the waves in the middle of the ocean
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normally like? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔circular |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Crest - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔highest point of a wave
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trough - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔lowest point of a wave
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When does refraction occur? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔when
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there's a change of depth in the water
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do water molecules shrink when they're frozen? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔no |\




What is water an example of? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a
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chemical


why does water attract so many other kinds of molecules? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔because it is both positively and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


negatively charged |\




where does the ocean get most of its heat? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔the sun
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