Polar oceans are more at risk due to ocean acidification because colder

water absorbs less carbon dioxide.

SONAR stands for sound navigation and ranging.

Your weekly aquarium water tests include testina for pH, ammonia, nitrites, and phosphates.

Carbonic acid increases ocean acidity.

The velocity of sound in sea water is approximately.

In which kind of boundary do plates slide past one another?

Volcanos and mountains are a result of which type of convergent plate boundary?

When Tsunamis occur, waves become_______ as they reach shallower water.

Today's_______

maps of the ocean accurately show ocean depths and are important for ship

navigation, geological research, habitat and ecosystem studies, and military activities.

What is a more common name for calcium carbonate?

What is the current rate of coral reef loss due to ocean acidification?

The Pacific Ring of Fire is formed by what plate types in subduction zones?

The earliest soundings were made with a hand line of rope weighted at one end. The weight was dropped overboard, and the rope allowed to run free until the weight reached the bottom. The length of the line let out was an approximate measurement of the_________?

In an effort to find fuel, food, and minerals to be used by billions of people,________ % of oceans have been claimed.

Which of the following is not one of earths layers?

The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a result of what type of boundary?

99% of the gases emitted by volcanos include...

Of the colors listed below, which would be the first to filter out of the ocean as you move toward the seafloor?

How might red coloration help deep-sea organisms survive?

Topographic maps use colors to represent changes in____?

Which organisms are known as the "potato chips of the sea?"

The tectonic plate theory, first proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1915, proposed the hard lithosphere is broken up into________

hard plates that "float" over the denser, molten asthenosphere.