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[CHAPTER 4. WATER AND OCEAN STRUCTURE] Sound can travel for much greater distances through water than light waves can before being absorbed because ____.

[CHAPTER 10. MARINE COMMUNITIES] An example of a zooplankton that is very important to many pelagic communities is ____.

[CHAPTER 9. LIFE IN THE OCEAN]   An organism’s metabolic rate increases as ____ increases.

[CHAPTER 8. COASTS] A sand spit forms when ____.

[CHAPTER 9. LIFE IN THE OCEAN] Why is the pH of ocean water more acidic in deep water?

[CHAPTER 5. ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION]   Which statement is true with regards to sea breezes?

[CHAPTER 3. THE OCEAN FLOOR] The submerged outer edge of a continent is called the ____.

[CHAPTER 7. WAVES AND TIDES] The abrupt bulge of water driven ashore by a tropical cyclone is called a ____.

[CHAPTER 11. USES AND ABUSES OF THE OCEAN] The process by which toxic substances can be concentrated in the flesh of organisms at higher trophic levels is called ____.

[CHAPTER 4. WATER AND OCEAN STRUCTURE] Water behaves like a(n) ____, which prevents broad swings of pH.