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Water evaporating from the oceans is salty.

Dense, high salinity water from the Atlantic Ocean flows into the Mediterranean Sea, making it one of the saltiest seas.

Ocean currents are generally driven by

Measurement of the salts dissolved in seawater taken from various locations throughout the world shows that seawater has a

Clear, fair weather is usually associated with a

When a warm air mass advances over a mass of cooler air, towering cumulus clouds form, often resulting in thunderstorms.

Plant life in the upper, sunlit water tends to reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide and increase the concentration of dissolved oxygen gas.

Which BEST describes why latitudes closest to the equator have warmer climates?

The horizontal distance between two wave crests is the _____.

A patient is treated in the emergency department for shock following an automobile accident. The nurse knows that shock is a clinical syndrome in which cellular dysfunction and organ failure occur primarily as a result of: