Runoff causes the greatest amount of_____in the Chesapeake bay

Shelled organisms may not survive due to the ocean becoming more____

The ocean_____as ice caps and glaciers melt

When the ocean PH is lowered the process is called_____

The Water Quality act of 1987 mostly regulated____from paper mills

The Clean Water Act of____allowed companies operating in different states to meet only one set of standards

The state of Montana has affected the Gulf of Mexico because it is in the____

The_______ridges were formed when two oceanic plates moved away from each other. This is known as a________

Movement of tectonic plates causes the Atlantic Ocean Basin to grow__to__cm per year

In general, oceanic crust is denser and subducts under the_______crust

_____trenches are formed when an oceanic tectonic plate is slowly subducted beneath the Continental tectonic plate.

Currents circulate due to_____currents.

Energy is absorbed and stored more by_____than by land

A long term rise in the average surface_______would cause polar ice to melt and result in the levels of ocean rising

Three activities that take place in the biosphere are a) orchid pollen traveling to an island on wind currents, b)aerobic bacteria breaking down dead point plant material and C is?

Which way does the North Atlantic gyre?

Which two are true?

The deep ocean floor has the potential to hold the most dissolved

The_______of coral reefs is one concern if ocean temperatures continue to rise

Preventing fertilizer and other waste from entering rivers and streams introduce Marine_________

A change in the pattern of ocean currents can cause_____change by moving thermal energy from one place to another

Due to the______Effect, the wind deflects the current to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere

It is to examine the hydrosphere and_______together because change in one system can create change in another system