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clouds and precipitation describe...`
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atmosphere
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oceans, estuaries, lakes, streams, rivers, icecaps, and glaciers describe what?
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surface water
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aquifers describe?
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ground water
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majority of marine environment such as deep oceans have a temperature below?
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5 Celsius
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T/F? organisms can grow in ice.
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True
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Ocean water temperatures range from?
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2 to 100 degrees celsius
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in regions of geothermal activity the temperature may be?
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greater than 100 C
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surface ocean waters range from ____ to ____
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2.8 (polar) to 40 (tropic) Celsius
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____ and ____ organisms have been found in deep ocean trenches 1,000 to 10,000 m deep
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barotolerant and barophilic
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most bacteria are ______ where temp is around 2 Celsius
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psychrophiles
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photosynthetic organisms must live in ____ zone
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photic zone
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particulate matter influences transmission of light and controls distribution of photosynthetic...
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Turbidity
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Range of Salinity is?
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0% (freshwater) -- 3.7% (seawater)
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The Great Salt Lake is ____ % saturation
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32%
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organisms in saltwater can be ____ or ____
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halotolerant or halphilic
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