Associate Level Material Oceans and Atmosphere Worksheet Using the assigned readings for Week Six‚ prepare a 50- to 75-word response to each of the following questions. The Oceans 1. What is the composition of seawater? The salinity of seawater ranges from 3.3 to 3.7%. When seawater evaporates it leaves behind sodium chloride‚ better known as table salt. The other components of seawater are acquired through various methods. One of which is weathering. Chemical weathering of rock releases
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in the world‚ living in all of the major oceans from the Arctic and Antarctic oceans to the tropical waters around the world. Human whaling is to hunt and kill whales for the use of their meat‚ oil and blubber. It is estimated that three million whales were killed in the twentieth century alone. According to the survey‚ there are only 10‚000 - 20‚000 whales surviving in the oceans today. Rapidly decreasing number of whales has affected the ocean’s ecosystem. Further reduction of whales leads to more
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Burnmaster English 1711 January 27th Essay 1‚ first draft The Ocean I have always been driven by my human desire for beauty. I crave dramatic features that Earth offers. High mountains‚ deep valleys‚ vast oceans and bright sun. I flourish in warm temperatures and unfortunately‚ the Minnesota winter crushes all of my spirits. Thinking of the ocean brings me a tranquil warmth I loyally follow through the cold months. The ocean draws me in with her cool‚ smooth‚ serenity. Exploring each crevasse
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The article “Another Marine Pollution Threat: Noise: Will a More Acidic Ocean be Noisier for Whales?” was written by Cherie Winner and was published in Volume 48‚ Issue 2‚ of the journal Oceanus in 2010. I accessed the article through the University of West Florida’s library’s website by searing for the Opposing Viewpoints in Context database under the “A-Z Database List.” Once on the database‚ one can search the title of the article in the search box to locate it. Winner intended this article to
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according to experts the oceans are the final frontier to learn more about. Did you know that we have explored less than 5% of these murky waters? But with our technology getting better each day we will learn more about this mysterious underwater world. Some of these technologies are inspired by the wanting to learn more facts about the sea. Do you know about valleys and mountains… from under the sea?? Humans are starting to discover the secrets of the ocean. The bottom of the ocean has some challenges
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Have you ever thought about how ocean acidification affects organisms that live in the ocean‚ or even what ocean acidification is? First off‚ ocean acidification is a term used to describe significant changes to the chemistry of the ocean. This happens when carbon dioxide is absorbed by the ocean and reacts with seawater to produce acid. Ocean acidification affects many organisms’ homes and shelters. It also destroys many reef ecosystems. Ocean acidification is a bad thing. It’s bad because it
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I feel that Ocean Acidification is an issue that isn’t talked about enough and that people don’t really know about it or what to do about it. This article did a really good job of giving examples of Ocean acidification but it doesn’t do a very good job of telling us what we can do to prevent it. The article also did a very good job of informing us with facts about it. In this article‚ it tells us that by 2050 the ocean will have become much‚ much more acidic‚ and a lot of the fish will have either
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How Humans Impact Marine Ecosystems Earth consists of many complex organisms that share and benefit from all of what the world has to offer. Conservation and protection of marine life is becoming more significant as humans better understand the importance of the oceans and how people have an affect on them. Just as people treasure and protect areas of land it is just important to treasure and keep the oceans safe. Marine life is becoming increasingly damaged because of threats from human activity
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We see stars on the television or in movies. We see stars amongst dark starry nights. We have all seen the obvious types of stars but have we ever stopped to think about the star in the ocean? Echinoderms or starfish also known as the “stars of the sea” are very interesting marine animals that breathe out of their pores‚ and are able to regenerate their own arms. I don’t know about you but that is the most interesting thing I have ever heard. To begin with‚ the starfish started out about half
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which the Earth’s land surfaces ( at the time known as the pangea) started slowly breaking apart and drifting away. This has continued until the continents were in the places we know them to be today. This drift has caused the formation of separate oceans instead of one huge one. This drift still continues today. Volcanoes affected the origins of the sea by pouring huge amounts of steam into the atmosphere. This would result in the process of condensation. The volcanoes would pour
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