Intertidal Zone
... • The Oceanic Province – The part of the pelagic environment that overlies the ocean floor at depths greater than 200 m – Largest marine environment (75% of water) – Loosely described as ‘deep sea’ – Cold waters, high pressure, no light – Life adapted to darkness and scarce food • Drifting or slow s ...
... • The Oceanic Province – The part of the pelagic environment that overlies the ocean floor at depths greater than 200 m – Largest marine environment (75% of water) – Loosely described as ‘deep sea’ – Cold waters, high pressure, no light – Life adapted to darkness and scarce food • Drifting or slow s ...
Plate tectonics study guide blank File
... 19. What did deep diving submersibles observe at the mid-ocean ridge? 20. What is the term used to describe ocean floor sinking into a deep-ocean trench? 21. As new oceanic crust cools, what happens to its density? 22. What is the force that causes Earth’s plates to move? 23. What is the name of the ...
... 19. What did deep diving submersibles observe at the mid-ocean ridge? 20. What is the term used to describe ocean floor sinking into a deep-ocean trench? 21. As new oceanic crust cools, what happens to its density? 22. What is the force that causes Earth’s plates to move? 23. What is the name of the ...
Ocean Dynamics
... Flux: Amount of heat, salt or volume that flows through a unit area per unit time (e.g. in Jm-2s-1 (for heat), kgm-2s-1 (for salt) or m3m-2s-1=ms-1 (for volume)). Volume transport: The volume of moving water measured between two points of reference and expressed in cubic meters per second or in Sver ...
... Flux: Amount of heat, salt or volume that flows through a unit area per unit time (e.g. in Jm-2s-1 (for heat), kgm-2s-1 (for salt) or m3m-2s-1=ms-1 (for volume)). Volume transport: The volume of moving water measured between two points of reference and expressed in cubic meters per second or in Sver ...
gooddiagrams
... nickel) with pressures so great that the metals do not flow as a liquid, but are forced to vibrate in place like a solid. Earthquake waves that reach this layer move at the greatest speeds because waves move through solids faster than through gases and liquids. To honor Mohorovicic, scientists have ...
... nickel) with pressures so great that the metals do not flow as a liquid, but are forced to vibrate in place like a solid. Earthquake waves that reach this layer move at the greatest speeds because waves move through solids faster than through gases and liquids. To honor Mohorovicic, scientists have ...
Introducing the Tongass National Forest
... America’s Arctic Ocean America’s Arctic Ocean is located off the coast of Alaska and is comprised of two main seas: the Chukchi and the Beaufort. Divided by Barrow, located on the northern tip of Alaska, the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas provide critical habitat for a number of ocean mammals, migrating ...
... America’s Arctic Ocean America’s Arctic Ocean is located off the coast of Alaska and is comprised of two main seas: the Chukchi and the Beaufort. Divided by Barrow, located on the northern tip of Alaska, the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas provide critical habitat for a number of ocean mammals, migrating ...
File - Science 8 core
... 29. Fg. 6b. List several ways natural dams may be caused. Landslides, lava flows, river deposits, ice, or beavers 30. List 3 origins of rivers. Mountains, springs, glacier meltwater 31. What is a spring? Water coming (welling) up from under ground 32. What do tributaries do to a river? Join the rive ...
... 29. Fg. 6b. List several ways natural dams may be caused. Landslides, lava flows, river deposits, ice, or beavers 30. List 3 origins of rivers. Mountains, springs, glacier meltwater 31. What is a spring? Water coming (welling) up from under ground 32. What do tributaries do to a river? Join the rive ...
course outline - Clackamas Community College
... give an overview of the physical sciences by examining the relationship between geology, physics and chemistry. GS-106 focuses on water processes and the topics include the hydrologic cycle, water chemistry, rivers and ground water systems, and the physics of heat transfer and phase changes. Additio ...
... give an overview of the physical sciences by examining the relationship between geology, physics and chemistry. GS-106 focuses on water processes and the topics include the hydrologic cycle, water chemistry, rivers and ground water systems, and the physics of heat transfer and phase changes. Additio ...
Evidence of continental drift
... is extended when two plates move apart. • As the plates move apart, the rocks break and form a crack between the plates. • Earthquakes occur along the plate boundary. • Magma rises through the cracks and seeps out onto the ocean floor like a long, thin, undersea volcano or magma slowly come up and c ...
... is extended when two plates move apart. • As the plates move apart, the rocks break and form a crack between the plates. • Earthquakes occur along the plate boundary. • Magma rises through the cracks and seeps out onto the ocean floor like a long, thin, undersea volcano or magma slowly come up and c ...
Notes 11 – Earth`s Interior
... B. Where does Earths’ internal heat come from? • 1. Radioactive Decay - elements break down into other elements and release heat energy • 2. Residual heat - left over from our planets formation ...
... B. Where does Earths’ internal heat come from? • 1. Radioactive Decay - elements break down into other elements and release heat energy • 2. Residual heat - left over from our planets formation ...
Section 2 The Ocean Floor
... impressive features? How did these features form? The answers have to do with plate tectonics. You may know that the movement of tectonic plates forms features, such as mountains and volcanoes, on land. But these movements also form features on the ocean floor. Convection ...
... impressive features? How did these features form? The answers have to do with plate tectonics. You may know that the movement of tectonic plates forms features, such as mountains and volcanoes, on land. But these movements also form features on the ocean floor. Convection ...
Plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes 1. Hypothesis that
... Plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes 1. Hypothesis that states that the continents have moved around the earth into their present positions. 2. The boundary between two tectonics plates that are moving away from each other. 3. The driving force in plate tectonics in which lava from the mantle ...
... Plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes 1. Hypothesis that states that the continents have moved around the earth into their present positions. 2. The boundary between two tectonics plates that are moving away from each other. 3. The driving force in plate tectonics in which lava from the mantle ...
TEST 3 Spring Semester, GG101
... a. The tendency of populations with favorable variations to survive. b. The tendency of individuals that are weaker to produce more offspring. c. The tendency of a species to improve through time through random mating. d. The tendency of weak species to dominate over stronger individuals. e. The ten ...
... a. The tendency of populations with favorable variations to survive. b. The tendency of individuals that are weaker to produce more offspring. c. The tendency of a species to improve through time through random mating. d. The tendency of weak species to dominate over stronger individuals. e. The ten ...
Oxidation of the ocean crust: When does it happen?
... Hydrothermal circulation on the ridge flanks is responsible for removing over two thirds of the global hydrothermal heat flux and given the large volumes of fluids involved it has the potential to impart significant geochemical signatures into the ocean crust and oceans. Despite this global signific ...
... Hydrothermal circulation on the ridge flanks is responsible for removing over two thirds of the global hydrothermal heat flux and given the large volumes of fluids involved it has the potential to impart significant geochemical signatures into the ocean crust and oceans. Despite this global signific ...
Continental Drift - sciencewithskinner
... - Fossil evidence (coal deposits) indicate a matching tropical or subtropical swamps in the northern hemisphere 4. Seafloor spreading 5. Paleomagnetism ...
... - Fossil evidence (coal deposits) indicate a matching tropical or subtropical swamps in the northern hemisphere 4. Seafloor spreading 5. Paleomagnetism ...
When the Air Turns the Oceans Sour - Max-Planck
... Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg is one of about twenty research institutions around the world whose climate simulations form the scientific basis of this report. The different simulations are so important because each of them yields slightly different results. The experts of the Intergovernment ...
... Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg is one of about twenty research institutions around the world whose climate simulations form the scientific basis of this report. The different simulations are so important because each of them yields slightly different results. The experts of the Intergovernment ...
Chapter_2_Section_2_NOTES
... Landforms: _shapes or types of land a. Mountains: _landforms that rise more than 2,000 feet above the land it surrounds. They rise steeply and have a narrow peak or ridge. b. Hills: __ are landforms with rounded tops, which rise above the surrounding land but are less steep than mountains c. Plateau ...
... Landforms: _shapes or types of land a. Mountains: _landforms that rise more than 2,000 feet above the land it surrounds. They rise steeply and have a narrow peak or ridge. b. Hills: __ are landforms with rounded tops, which rise above the surrounding land but are less steep than mountains c. Plateau ...
Exam 1
... c. sources and chemistry d. all of the above answers are correct 14. Magnetic stripes on the seafloor are created a. at subduction zones b. at mid-ocean ridges c. within abyssal plains d. on continental margins 15. Plates move horizontally (slide) past each other along a. transform faults b. converg ...
... c. sources and chemistry d. all of the above answers are correct 14. Magnetic stripes on the seafloor are created a. at subduction zones b. at mid-ocean ridges c. within abyssal plains d. on continental margins 15. Plates move horizontally (slide) past each other along a. transform faults b. converg ...
10024 - WeberTube
... Earthquakes can trigger landslides, create fires from broken gas lines, and collapse buildings on people. AFTERSHOCKS may occur for days after a large quake. Earthquakes can also produce deadly TSUNAMIS, such as the one that struck the Indian Ocean in December, 2004. ...
... Earthquakes can trigger landslides, create fires from broken gas lines, and collapse buildings on people. AFTERSHOCKS may occur for days after a large quake. Earthquakes can also produce deadly TSUNAMIS, such as the one that struck the Indian Ocean in December, 2004. ...
Sea Floor Spreading
... • Scientists began to experiment with new tools. • One that measures Sound Waves ...
... • Scientists began to experiment with new tools. • One that measures Sound Waves ...
Physical oceanography
Physical oceanography is the study of physical conditions and physical processes within the ocean, especially the motions and physical properties of ocean waters.Physical oceanography is one of several sub-domains into which oceanography is divided. Others include biological, chemical and geological oceanographies.