chapter7 - Everglades High School
... About 3.5% (35‰) of seawater consists of dissolved substances. These almost always exist as ions – “salts” do not exist in the ocean. The most abundant ions dissolved in seawater are chloride, sodium, and sulfate. Seawater is not concentrated river water or rain water – its chemical composition has ...
... About 3.5% (35‰) of seawater consists of dissolved substances. These almost always exist as ions – “salts” do not exist in the ocean. The most abundant ions dissolved in seawater are chloride, sodium, and sulfate. Seawater is not concentrated river water or rain water – its chemical composition has ...
The Diversity of Ocean Life
... The intertidal zone is a narrow strip of land which is alternately covered and uncovered between high and low tides Neritic Zone – covers the gently sloping continental slope The neritic zone is often shallow enough to put all of it in the photic zone, and is so rich with life that it supports 90% o ...
... The intertidal zone is a narrow strip of land which is alternately covered and uncovered between high and low tides Neritic Zone – covers the gently sloping continental slope The neritic zone is often shallow enough to put all of it in the photic zone, and is so rich with life that it supports 90% o ...
Chapter 17 Notes Know the definition of each of these vocabulary
... ridges and destroyed at deep sea trenches. This was the missing link needed by Wegener to complete his model for continental drift. There are a dozen or so major plates and several smaller plates. Tectonic plates move in different directions and different rates over the Earth’s surface. Tectonic pla ...
... ridges and destroyed at deep sea trenches. This was the missing link needed by Wegener to complete his model for continental drift. There are a dozen or so major plates and several smaller plates. Tectonic plates move in different directions and different rates over the Earth’s surface. Tectonic pla ...
ROCKING AND ROLLING By Philip Steele DOWN UNDER Our
... The edge of one plate may slide under the other and melt back in to magma or the two plate ...
... The edge of one plate may slide under the other and melt back in to magma or the two plate ...
STATION 1: EARTH`S INTERIOR 1. Pressure occurs – remain here 2
... 1. Magma crystallizes – remain here 2. Tectonic plates push upward – go to MOUNTAINS 3. Magma flows into the ocean – go to OCEAN 4. Volcano erupts spewing forth lava – go to MOUNTAIN 5. Volcanic ash and dust enter the atmosphere – go to CLOUDS 6. Crystallized magma pushes up to the surface – go to S ...
... 1. Magma crystallizes – remain here 2. Tectonic plates push upward – go to MOUNTAINS 3. Magma flows into the ocean – go to OCEAN 4. Volcano erupts spewing forth lava – go to MOUNTAIN 5. Volcanic ash and dust enter the atmosphere – go to CLOUDS 6. Crystallized magma pushes up to the surface – go to S ...
Arctic Ocean Paleoceanography and Future IODP Drilling
... Although the Arctic Ocean is a major player in the global climate/earth system, this region is one of the last major physiographic provinces on Earth where the short- and long-term geological history is still poorly known. This lack in knowledge is mainly due to the major technological/logistical pr ...
... Although the Arctic Ocean is a major player in the global climate/earth system, this region is one of the last major physiographic provinces on Earth where the short- and long-term geological history is still poorly known. This lack in knowledge is mainly due to the major technological/logistical pr ...
Case study: Boxing Day Tsunami, 2004
... Indio-Australian Plate sub-ducting below the Eurasian Plate. It was caused by an earthquake measuring more than magnitude 9. The earthquake caused the seafloor to uplift, displacing the seawater above. • In open ocean the tsunami measured less than 1 metre high. • The tsunami travelled at speeds up ...
... Indio-Australian Plate sub-ducting below the Eurasian Plate. It was caused by an earthquake measuring more than magnitude 9. The earthquake caused the seafloor to uplift, displacing the seawater above. • In open ocean the tsunami measured less than 1 metre high. • The tsunami travelled at speeds up ...
Plate Tectonic Vocabulary
... -Boundary along which two tectonic plates move toward each other -Characterized by subduction or continental collision -Crust is usually destroyed ...
... -Boundary along which two tectonic plates move toward each other -Characterized by subduction or continental collision -Crust is usually destroyed ...
Chapter 1, Section 1 – Earth`s Interior
... c. Lower mantle: solid material that extends to core iii. Core: innermost layer of mantle 1. made of iron and nickel 2. two parts: a. liquid (molten metal) outer core b. solid metal inner core (under too much pressure for iron and nickel molecules to spread out) b. Core and magnetic field i. Created ...
... c. Lower mantle: solid material that extends to core iii. Core: innermost layer of mantle 1. made of iron and nickel 2. two parts: a. liquid (molten metal) outer core b. solid metal inner core (under too much pressure for iron and nickel molecules to spread out) b. Core and magnetic field i. Created ...
Natural Disasters
... Wash away and drowned pets. The sound will make you scared and after it happens you might not be able to sleep well because you might hear the sound of a tsunami at night. • You won’t have anything to live like: Food, clothes, shelter, beds and blankets ...
... Wash away and drowned pets. The sound will make you scared and after it happens you might not be able to sleep well because you might hear the sound of a tsunami at night. • You won’t have anything to live like: Food, clothes, shelter, beds and blankets ...
Earth`s Surface:
... Earth’s crust is composed of about a dozen large plates, with many smaller plates wedged between. Plate motion is responsible for a significant part of the Earth’s active surface geology. Volcanoes and earthquakes, expressions of Earth’s restless crust, are observed to be clustered along plate bound ...
... Earth’s crust is composed of about a dozen large plates, with many smaller plates wedged between. Plate motion is responsible for a significant part of the Earth’s active surface geology. Volcanoes and earthquakes, expressions of Earth’s restless crust, are observed to be clustered along plate bound ...
Building a Theory
... • Theory that is held with a very high degree of confidence and is comprehensive in scope. • Paradigm Shift – The replacement of an existing paradigm with a better paradigm. ...
... • Theory that is held with a very high degree of confidence and is comprehensive in scope. • Paradigm Shift – The replacement of an existing paradigm with a better paradigm. ...
Continental_Drift__Seafloor_Spreading
... surveys in the Pacific while cruising from one battle to the next. • He said that new ocean floor was being created at midocean ridges and destroyed at subduction zones. He called his theory SEAFLOOR SPREADING! • One of his biggest pieces of evidence was being able to calculate the age of the seaflo ...
... surveys in the Pacific while cruising from one battle to the next. • He said that new ocean floor was being created at midocean ridges and destroyed at subduction zones. He called his theory SEAFLOOR SPREADING! • One of his biggest pieces of evidence was being able to calculate the age of the seaflo ...
Postdoctoral research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory
... Bigelow Laboratory invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist to study the influence of ocean acidification on the biological processes that govern the concentrations and hence emission, of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the surface oceans. The work is associated with a recently funded NS ...
... Bigelow Laboratory invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist to study the influence of ocean acidification on the biological processes that govern the concentrations and hence emission, of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the surface oceans. The work is associated with a recently funded NS ...
Extreme Trapping O
... ments. For those who use sediments traps, two long trip to the deep seafloor, the carbon of their dead examples of difficult environments are bodies is absorbed into Earth’s crust the deepest oceans and the permaby the plate tectonic process. nently ice-covered Arctic Basin. The WHOI PARFLUX group h ...
... ments. For those who use sediments traps, two long trip to the deep seafloor, the carbon of their dead examples of difficult environments are bodies is absorbed into Earth’s crust the deepest oceans and the permaby the plate tectonic process. nently ice-covered Arctic Basin. The WHOI PARFLUX group h ...
Can Ocean Models Help to Understand the Role of the Ocean in
... Thus “Earth System Models” are recognized as being critical part of climate research, and Earth System Models are being developed at a number of climate centers in response to the understanding gained through the IPCC process Historically numerical models first focused on “weather prediction” (1950 ...
... Thus “Earth System Models” are recognized as being critical part of climate research, and Earth System Models are being developed at a number of climate centers in response to the understanding gained through the IPCC process Historically numerical models first focused on “weather prediction” (1950 ...
OCEAN-ATMOSPHERIC INTERACTION IN THE SUBTROPICAL
... equatorial gyres. Model results suggest STCs play a potential role in modulating climate through equatorial SST either by advecting water subducted with anomalous temperature and/or salinity in the subtropics to the equator where it up wells, or by varying the amount of subtropical water adverted to ...
... equatorial gyres. Model results suggest STCs play a potential role in modulating climate through equatorial SST either by advecting water subducted with anomalous temperature and/or salinity in the subtropics to the equator where it up wells, or by varying the amount of subtropical water adverted to ...
coral reefs, sometimes called the “tropical rainforests of the ocean
... 100 million people and provide the basis for industries such as tourism and fishing, worth an annual net benefit of US$ 30 billion. Although reefs cover only 0.2% of the world’s sea floor, they contain about 25% of marine species. Increases in sea surface temperatures and changes in water chemistry ...
... 100 million people and provide the basis for industries such as tourism and fishing, worth an annual net benefit of US$ 30 billion. Although reefs cover only 0.2% of the world’s sea floor, they contain about 25% of marine species. Increases in sea surface temperatures and changes in water chemistry ...
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.