Environmental science, Pearson, chapter 10 quizzes Flashcards

9464345063	Oceans cover approximately what percent of the Earth's surface	70%	0
9464345064	Which of the following statements accurately describes temperature patterns in Earth's oceans	temperature decreases with depth in the tropics but not in the far northern and Southern latitudes	1
9464345065	Temperature, density and salinity.. Which characteristic of ocean water very with depth in the transition layer	Temperature , density, and Salinity	2
9464345066	What are the characteristics of upwelled water	cold and nutrient rich	3
9464345067	Which of the following statements about thermohaline circulation is true	In thermohaline circulation surface waters become more dense as evaporation and cooling occur	4
9464345068	Which of the following statements about Delta's and estauries is correct	Both are found in the mouth of rivers, but deltas are formation of made of silt where as estauries contain transitional ecosystems	5
9464345069	Increases in ocean temperature often result in coral bleaching which	disrupts the relationship between corals and their algae	6
9464345070	What is the source of energy used by primary producers living in the abyssal Zone	Sulfur compounds	7
9464345071	Which of the following categories of organisms are the primary producers in most marine food webs	Phytoplankton	8
9464345072	Which of the following statements about the photic and a photic zone is this true	Greater Primary productivity occurs in the photic zone than the aphotic zone	9
9464345073	Which of the following is the best example of a fishery	The Atlantic Cod industry in maritime Canada	10
9464345074	Which is the following statements about bottom trawling is correct	Bottom trawling damages coral reefs	11
9464345075	Which of the following is the best example of non point source pollution	Discarded plastic grocery bags that blow into the ocean	12
9464345076	Which of the following statements correctly describes eutrophication	eutrophication occurs when algae and aquatic plant growth increased because of an increase in nutrient availability	13
9464345077	Which of the following statements about sewage treatment facilities in the industrialized world is true	Sewage treatment facilities generally work well except in times of flooding	14
9464345078	Which of the following statements regarding the ph scale is true	As ph decreases, acidity increases	15
9464345079	Which of the following statements about ocean water is true	Ocean water has become more acidic over the past 200 years because of fossil fuel combustion	16
9464345080	Trade winds blow in which direction in the tropics	From East to West	17
9464345081	Tradewinds weeken and warm water in the Pacific Ocean shifts towards the east during what events	El niño	18
9464345082	Why is surface water salinity higher in tropical oceans than in northern oceans	Because the higher rate of evaporation concentrates the salts	19
9464345083	El niño and La Niña events affect wheather patterns all over the United States and beyond. why?	These events change the temperature the Pacific Ocean and affect atmospheric circulation pattern is that influence climate over North America	20
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