Sediment Fisheries Waves Water Bonus Questions
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What is the classification of sediment?
Particle Size & Composition
100
What is sustainability?
Meeting the resource needs of the current generation without impairing future generations from meeting their needs.
100
What is wave frequency?
The amount of waves that will go past a fixed point overtime.
100
What is salinity?
Total amount of dissolved solids found in seawater.
100
What are the factors that influence the density of water?
Salt and temperature.
200
What is stratigraphy?
The study of the layers that are lifted from crust core samples.
200
What is bycatch
The accidental catch or the fish you kill when trying to catch a different kind.
200
What is a disturbing force?
The force that causes a wave to occur.
200
What is osmosis?
The movement of particles from an area of high water concentration to low concentration.
200
What is coral bleaching?
When water temperature increases, coral sheds algae and coral becomes white and dies.
300
What is Silicious & Calcareous Ooze?
Remnants of micro organisms
300
What is commercial extinction?
When there is so few left of a species that it is not economically with it to catch them.
300
What is restoring force?
The dominant force trying to return water to flatness after formation of a wave.
300
What is the Rule of Constant Proportions?
The rule that states the same amount of salt that goes into the ocean must cycle out.
300
What is a deconstructive wave?
When two water masses collide and fall back, canceling each other out.






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