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Modern ships use echo sounders to measure the _________ of ________ beneath the ship.
The surface of the ocean is heated by solar _____________.
Light passing from air into water is ____________ , or bent, due to a change in the speed of light between the mediums.
This is __________ law which we use to calculate the intensity of light at depth.Iz = IOe-kz
The movements of ______ can be detected by depth recorders, and this layer is known as the deep scattering layer.
Which one of the following is not a form of energy transmitted by fresh water and salt water?
Humans have emulated whales and porpoises by using sound to locate objects underwater; this technology is called _________.
What way of energy transmission is when energy is passed from molecule to adjacent molecule?
The decrease in the intensity of light over distance, such as with increasing depth in water, is known as ______.
Which has a higher density - warm or cold water?
Which of the following are forms of energy that may be transmitted by fresh water and salt water? (Select all that apply.)
What way of energy transmission is when heat is directly transmitted from its source?
Water is nearly incompressible, meaning that the increase in _____________ with increasing depth has little effect in decreasing the water's volume.
As light passes through water, it is absorbed by organisms and both absorbed and ________ by ions, suspended particles, and water molecules.
Choose the types of light that are attenuated rapidly in water. (Select all that apply.)
Earth receives electromagnetic radiation from the Sun, such as when light strikes the ocean surface. However, the full range of radiation is in ______.
Energy may be transmitted by ________, ________, and radiation.
Which is higher, the density of pure water or the density of seawater?
The surface of the ocean is heated by ______. This heat is transferred to lower water depths by the action of wind and currents, and by ______.
The ______ includes gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet light, visible light, infrared light, and radio waves.