+
Related Flashcards
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|
Clouds and precipitation describe...`
|
Atmosphere
|
|
Oceans, estuaries, lakes, streams, rivers, icecaps, and glaciers describe what?
|
Surface water
|
|
Aquifers describe?
|
Ground water
|
|
Majority of marine environment such as deep oceans have a temperature below?
|
5 Celsius
|
|
T/F? organisms can grow in ice.
|
True
|
|
Ocean water temperatures range from?
|
2 to 100 degrees celsius
|
|
In regions of geothermal activity the temperature may be?
|
Greater than 100 C
|
|
Surface ocean waters range from ____ to ____
|
2.8 (polar) to 40 (tropic) Celsius
|
|
____ and ____ organisms have been found in deep ocean trenches 1,000 to 10,000 m deep
|
Barotolerant and barophilic
|
|
Most bacteria are ______ where temp is around 2 Celsius
|
Psychrophiles
|
|
Photosynthetic organisms must live in ____ zone
|
photic zone
|
|
Particulate matter influences transmission of light and controls distribution of photosynthetic organisms
|
Turbidity
|
|
Range of Salinity is?
|
0% (freshwater) -- 3.7% (seawater)
|
|
The Great Salt Lake is ____ % saturation
|
32%
|
|
Organisms in saltwater can be ____ or ____
|
Halotolerant or halphilic
|
