Ocean Environment (Salt Water)
... Most organisms live in the shallow part of the ocean because sunlight can reach down to keep the water warm and food plentiful. Some examples of organisms that live in the shallow parts of the ocean include drifters (jellyfish and seaweed), swimmers (fish), crawlers (crabs), and those anchored to t ...
... Most organisms live in the shallow part of the ocean because sunlight can reach down to keep the water warm and food plentiful. Some examples of organisms that live in the shallow parts of the ocean include drifters (jellyfish and seaweed), swimmers (fish), crawlers (crabs), and those anchored to t ...
11.1 OCEAN BASINS - STUDENT NOTES
... are the edges rising up to the land. Ocean Basins The largest changes to the ocean basin occur through the movement of ___________________, although there is also ___________ via storms, earthquakes and icebergs. _____________________ occur where new rock is forced up, and ocean floor spreads ou ...
... are the edges rising up to the land. Ocean Basins The largest changes to the ocean basin occur through the movement of ___________________, although there is also ___________ via storms, earthquakes and icebergs. _____________________ occur where new rock is forced up, and ocean floor spreads ou ...
Ocean Waters and the Ocean Floor
... Earth Beneath the Sea • Mountains, deep canyons and flat plains • Depth mapped by H.M.S. Challenger in the late 1800s. • Echo sounder (sonar) invented in the 1920s. • Three major units of topography ...
... Earth Beneath the Sea • Mountains, deep canyons and flat plains • Depth mapped by H.M.S. Challenger in the late 1800s. • Echo sounder (sonar) invented in the 1920s. • Three major units of topography ...
Ch 15 - FCUSD.org
... 3 main zones – surface zone, transition zone, and deep zone Surface Zone ◦ Shallow (300 to 450 meters) ◦ Zone of mixing ◦ Sun-warmed zone ...
... 3 main zones – surface zone, transition zone, and deep zone Surface Zone ◦ Shallow (300 to 450 meters) ◦ Zone of mixing ◦ Sun-warmed zone ...
handout (with color figures)
... Ocean circulation is forced by the exchange of heat, freshwater and momentum with the atmosphere. Distribution of sea surface temperature (SST) reflects the pattern of net heat flux (solar – terrestrial – sensible heat – latent heat) at the ocean surface. SST varies between 30 oC to –1.6oC. Similarl ...
... Ocean circulation is forced by the exchange of heat, freshwater and momentum with the atmosphere. Distribution of sea surface temperature (SST) reflects the pattern of net heat flux (solar – terrestrial – sensible heat – latent heat) at the ocean surface. SST varies between 30 oC to –1.6oC. Similarl ...
RAIN FORESTS - Cobb Learning
... temperature decreases Depth: Affects what organisms can live there Sunlight: How far the sun reaches affects life in ocean ...
... temperature decreases Depth: Affects what organisms can live there Sunlight: How far the sun reaches affects life in ocean ...
Oceanography Review! Told you it was short!
... 2. List the 5 major oceans in order from largest to smallest below. ...
... 2. List the 5 major oceans in order from largest to smallest below. ...
Quiz (with answers)
... 2. Is the continental margin shown below an active or a passive continental margin? Passive margin ...
... 2. Is the continental margin shown below an active or a passive continental margin? Passive margin ...
Ocean Water - Perry Local Schools
... into the ocean for millions of years. • Salinity- the concentration of all dissolved salts it contains. – It is lower in places with high amounts of rain and where rivers flow into the ocean. ...
... into the ocean for millions of years. • Salinity- the concentration of all dissolved salts it contains. – It is lower in places with high amounts of rain and where rivers flow into the ocean. ...
Ocean
An ocean (from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός, transc. Okeanós, the sea of classical antiquity) is a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere. On Earth, an ocean is one of the major conventional divisions of the World Ocean, which covers almost 71% of its surface. These are, in descending order by area, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic Oceans. The word sea is often used interchangeably with ""ocean"" in American English but, strictly speaking, a sea is a body of saline water (generally a division of the world ocean) partly or fully enclosed by land.Saline water covers approximately 72% of the planet's surface (~3.6×108 km2) and is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas, with the ocean covering approximately 71% of Earth's surface. The ocean contains 97% of Earth's water, and oceanographers have stated that only 5% of the World Ocean has been explored. The total volume is approximately 1.35 billion cubic kilometers (320 million cu mi) with an average depth of nearly 3,700 meters (12,100 ft).As it is the principal component of Earth's hydrosphere, the world ocean is integral to all known life, forms part of the carbon cycle, and influences climate and weather patterns. It is the habitat of 230,000 known species, although much of the oceans depths remain unexplored, and over two million marine species are estimated to exist. The origin of Earth's oceans remains unknown; oceans are thought to have formed in the Hadean period and may have been the impetus for the emergence of life.Extraterrestrial oceans may be composed of water or other elements and compounds. The only confirmed large stable bodies of extraterrestrial surface liquids are the lakes of Titan, although there is evidence for the existence of oceans elsewhere in the Solar System. Early in their geologic histories, Mars and Venus are theorized to have had large water oceans. The Mars ocean hypothesis suggests that nearly a third of the surface of Mars was once covered by water, and a runaway greenhouse effect may have boiled away the global ocean of Venus. Compounds such as salts and ammonia dissolved in water lower its freezing point, so that water might exist in large quantities in extraterrestrial environments as brine or convecting ice. Unconfirmed oceans are speculated beneath the surface of many dwarf planets and natural satellites; notably, the ocean of Europa is estimated to have over twice the water volume of Earth. The Solar System's giant planets are also thought to have liquid atmospheric layers of yet to be confirmed compositions. Oceans may also exist on exoplanets and exomoons, including surface oceans of liquid water within a circumstellar habitable zone. Ocean planets are a hypothetical type of planet with a surface completely covered with liquid.