MarineScience: LONG ISLAND FINAL: Part 1

A ridge of sediment left by a glacier

• moriane

• outwash plain

• bay

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What is a glacier?

• large moving rocks

• large sheet of ice

• large body of water

The density of ocean water depends on what two factors?

• temperature and global winds
• temperature and nutrients
• salinity and upwelling
• salinity and temperature

What is an outwash plain?

• ridge of sediment left by a glacier

• large boulder left by a glacier

• large flat area of sediment left by a glacier

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What is an inlet?

• opening in land that allows water to pass

• opening in land that allows ships to pass

• opening that forms the mouth of a river

What are the three Bays on Long Island?

• South, North and East

• Peconic, San Francisco, Moriches

• Great South, Peconic, Jamaica

A semi-enclosed area where fresh water from a river meets salty water from the ocean.

• watershed

• groundwater

• ocean

• estuary

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In general, algal blooms occur when

• toxins accumulate in shellfish.

• nutrients decrease in the water.

• nutrients increase in the water.

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The rapid growth of algae, called an algal bloom, can lead to the formation of dead zones that cannot sustain aquatic life. This is mainly because the algal blooms cause HYPOXIA, which is:

• increased chemical pollutants

• reduction of dissolved oxygen

• less freshwater runoff

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In the Great South Bay, brown tides are especially harmful to:

• crab populations

• sandshark populations

• clam and oyster populations

• killifish populations

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