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📅 NSB Regional 2016🎓 HS🔄 Round 15#️⃣ Question 11🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

NASA's Aqua MODIS satellite instrument senses the color of Earth's surface oceans. Identify all of the following three statements relevant to Aqua MODIS data that are true: 1) The greenest seawater is found at the centers of ocean gyres; 2) A bloom of coccolithophores increases seawater albedo; 3) A bloom of cyanobacteria absorbs light in the 430-450 nanometer band.

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