The percent of the Earth's water that is salt water
The percent of the Earth that is covered with water
The ocean that is the largest and the deepest
Most of the Earth's fresh water is found here
What is the largest river basin in North Carolina?
Allows scientist to use satellites to monitor all areas of Earth
Seeing red and yellow on a weather forecast indicates warm or cold?
The number of satellites a GPS communicates with
The system used to locate a missing car or boat
A mapmaking software that stores info in layers
A high pH indicates this
A measure of how clear water is
pH, turbidity, and presence of nitrates indicate the health of water. What are the other 2 indicators?
Nitrates from fertilizer can cause algae to overgrow and cause what?
What law was passed in 1972 to make sure water was safe to drink?
oil spill- point or non-point source pollution
trash in a river- point or non-point source pollution
Two ecosystems living in Neritic Zone
What is the organism group that flows in the current?
Plants and animals that live in, on, or near the ocean bottom
Shows the interconnected network of food chains within an ecosystem
Organism that meets its food and energy needs by breaking down the remains of dead organisms.
A food making process in which organisms use sunlight and water to produce sugar and oxygen
An organism that obtains its food by eating other organisms
An organism that feeds on primary consumers
97%
71%
Pacific Ocean
Polar Ice Caps
Cape Fear
Remote Sensing
warm
3
GPS
GIS
Alkalinity (base)
Turbidity
Temperature and dissolved oxygen
Algal Blooms
The Clean Water Act
point-source
non-point source pollution
coral reefs and kelp forests
Plankton
Benthos
Food Web
a decomposer
photosynthesis
consumer
Secondary consumer
