The correct response is turnover. In oceanic ecosystems, turnover refers to the process that helps distribute nutrients more evenly between the living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) components, promoting equilibrium in the ecosystem.
In the ocean, what process establishes equilibrium by distributing nutrients more evenly between the living and nonliving elements of the ecosystem?
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upwelling
upwelling
density
density
turnover
turnover
buoyancy
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Which statement describes the relationship between temperature and the velocity of the molecules of water?
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Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to move faster.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to move faster.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to stick together.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to stick together.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to move slower.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to move slower.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to stop moving.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to stop moving.
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Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to move faster.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to move faster.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to stick together.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to stick together.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to move slower.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to move slower.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to stop moving.
Increasing the temperature causes the molecules to stop moving.