DataStreme Ocean - Week Three Investigation Answer Form

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Investigation 3A Answers

  1. (1.0265) (1.0270) (1.0275) g/cm3

  2. (1.0255) (1.0260) (1.0265) g/cm3

  3. (decrease) (increase)

  4. (decreases) (increases)

  5. (1.0275) (1.0280) (1.0285) g/cm3

  6. (decrease) (increase)

  7. (decreases) (increases)

  8. (35.7) (36.0) (36.3)

  9. (less than) (the same as) (greater than)

  10. (rises) (sinks)

  11. (low) (high)

  12. (arid) (rainy)

  13. (decrease) (increase)

  14. (low) (high)

  15. (28) (29) (30) (31) °C

  16. (–1) (0) (1) (2) °C

  17. (East) (West)

  18. (Indian) (Pacific) (Atlantic)

  19. (along the equator) (in the subtropical latitudes) (at high latitudes)

  20. (greater evaporation than precipitation) (greater precipitation than evaporation)

  21. (North Atlantic) (South Atlantic) (South Pacific)

  22. (Arctic) (Atlantic) (Indian) (Pacific) (Southern)

  23. (lowest) (middle) (highest)

  24. (200) (2000) (20,000) m

  25. (decreases) (is constant) (increases)

  26. (2.5) (4.0) (10.0) deg. C

  27. (3.5) (9.0) (12.0) C deg.

  28. (32.8) (33.7) (34.6)

  29. (1.0273) (1.0275) (1.0277) g/cm3

  30. (decrease) (increase)

Investigation 3B Answers

  1. (warmest) (coldest)

  2. (0) (1) (2) (4) °C

  3. (lowest) (highest)

  4. (lower than) (equal to) (higher than)

  5. (12) (16) (18)

  6. (0.0) (24.7) (26.7)

  7. (increases continuously) (increases, then decreases) (decreases continuously)

  8. (nearly constant) (highly variable)

  9. (–1.8) (0.0) (0.5) °C

  10. (34.26) (34.40) (35.20)

  11. (several degrees below) (within a fraction of a degree of) (several degrees above)

  12. (greater than) (about the same as) (less than)

  13. (greater than) (about the same as) (less than)

  14. (temperature) (salinity)

  15. (decrease) (increase)

  16. (–1.0) (0.5) (5.4) °C

  17. (33.28) (34.42) (34.68)

  18. (1.0265) (1.0278) (1.0281) g/cm3

  19. (the surface) (300 m)

  20. (decreasing) (increasing)

  21. (less) (more)

  22. (Northern) (Southern)

  23. (fall) (winter) (spring) (summer) 

  24. (Northern) (Southern)

  25. (Northern) (Southern)

  26. (Arctic) (Antarctic)

  27. (Arctic) (Antarctic)

  28. (Arctic) (Antarctic)

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