Currents and Climates
... Surface Currents • Currents affect climate by moving cold and warm water around the world. Some currents carry warm water from the equator to the poles (Gulf Stream). Other currents carry cold water from the poles to the equator (California Current). Warm water warms the air above it. Cold water c ...
... Surface Currents • Currents affect climate by moving cold and warm water around the world. Some currents carry warm water from the equator to the poles (Gulf Stream). Other currents carry cold water from the poles to the equator (California Current). Warm water warms the air above it. Cold water c ...
Chapter 6
... with a relief of about one meter. • They cause pressure gradients to develop in the ocean. • Mounds on the ocean’s surface are caused by converging currents. • Depressions on the ocean’s surface are caused by diverging currents. • Water flows down pressure gradients on the ocean’s irregular surface, ...
... with a relief of about one meter. • They cause pressure gradients to develop in the ocean. • Mounds on the ocean’s surface are caused by converging currents. • Depressions on the ocean’s surface are caused by diverging currents. • Water flows down pressure gradients on the ocean’s irregular surface, ...
Ocean Floor and Chemistry Directed Reading
... 5. What is special about marine life in the intertidal zone? a. Marine life always floats freely near the water’s surface. b. Marine life must be able to live underwater and on dry land. c. Marine life always burrows into sand for protection. d. Marine life grows very quickly. The Sublittoral Zone 6 ...
... 5. What is special about marine life in the intertidal zone? a. Marine life always floats freely near the water’s surface. b. Marine life must be able to live underwater and on dry land. c. Marine life always burrows into sand for protection. d. Marine life grows very quickly. The Sublittoral Zone 6 ...
Arnaud_lecture8
... difference that has been found to subsist between the temperature of the sea at the surface and at great depth, at the tropic –though the temperature of the atmosphere there is so constant that the greatest changes produced in it by the seasons seldom amounts to more than five or six degrees; yet th ...
... difference that has been found to subsist between the temperature of the sea at the surface and at great depth, at the tropic –though the temperature of the atmosphere there is so constant that the greatest changes produced in it by the seasons seldom amounts to more than five or six degrees; yet th ...
Unit 3:Tectonic Processes
... the forces that are trying to build the earth. Physical evidence of this happening includes volcanoes, earthquakes, folds, and faults. ...
... the forces that are trying to build the earth. Physical evidence of this happening includes volcanoes, earthquakes, folds, and faults. ...
Chapter 31 Conclusions on Other Human Activities
... mining has considerable potential to harm benthic biodiversity, about which there is as yet limited knowledge. ...
... mining has considerable potential to harm benthic biodiversity, about which there is as yet limited knowledge. ...
Ocean Fertilization
... may be sequestered in the ocean for hundreds of years. Iron can be a limiting nutrient for phytoplankton growth, especially in certain high-nitrogen, low-chlorophyll areas found in parts of the Southern Ocean, the equatorial Pacific Ocean and the sub-Arctic Pacific Ocean. Ocean fertilization involve ...
... may be sequestered in the ocean for hundreds of years. Iron can be a limiting nutrient for phytoplankton growth, especially in certain high-nitrogen, low-chlorophyll areas found in parts of the Southern Ocean, the equatorial Pacific Ocean and the sub-Arctic Pacific Ocean. Ocean fertilization involve ...
Full Text
... marine “dead zones”... for better or worse, the Anthropocene is certainly proving to be an interesting time for marine science, and particularly for marine geochemistry. Add to this the advent of vast and vastly accessible information, as well as technological advances in analytics and computing, an ...
... marine “dead zones”... for better or worse, the Anthropocene is certainly proving to be an interesting time for marine science, and particularly for marine geochemistry. Add to this the advent of vast and vastly accessible information, as well as technological advances in analytics and computing, an ...
Chapter 16 Oceans, Shorelines and Shoreline Processes Exploring
... – Summer beaches usually have a wide berm, gently sloping beach face, and smooth offshore profile. – Winter beaches tend to be steeper and made up of coarser materials than summer beaches because waves are more energetic during this season. Berms may be absent. ...
... – Summer beaches usually have a wide berm, gently sloping beach face, and smooth offshore profile. – Winter beaches tend to be steeper and made up of coarser materials than summer beaches because waves are more energetic during this season. Berms may be absent. ...
The Sea Floor
... Passive Margin • Inactive geologically. • Flat, coastal plains with wide continental shelves and gradual slopes, leading to a thick continental rise. ...
... Passive Margin • Inactive geologically. • Flat, coastal plains with wide continental shelves and gradual slopes, leading to a thick continental rise. ...
CJK-2011-Report
... (nutrients, sulfur, iron, etc.) and biological properties (algae and zooplankton) of the Northwest Pacific ranging from open ocean to coastal regions (i.e. South and East China Seas, Yellow Sea). The presentations given by Hiroaki Saito, Daji Huang, Xinyu Guo and Jun Hu showed the importance of the ...
... (nutrients, sulfur, iron, etc.) and biological properties (algae and zooplankton) of the Northwest Pacific ranging from open ocean to coastal regions (i.e. South and East China Seas, Yellow Sea). The presentations given by Hiroaki Saito, Daji Huang, Xinyu Guo and Jun Hu showed the importance of the ...
Revision Booklet
... uplift, displacing the seawater above. • In open ocean the tsunami measured less than 1 metre high. • The tsunami travelled at speeds up to 800km per hour. • When the Tsunami reached the shores, the height of the wave increased to 15 metres in some areas. ...
... uplift, displacing the seawater above. • In open ocean the tsunami measured less than 1 metre high. • The tsunami travelled at speeds up to 800km per hour. • When the Tsunami reached the shores, the height of the wave increased to 15 metres in some areas. ...
Ocean Currents and El Niño
... Upper layer of water piles up in the gyre’s center. Sea level is 2 m higher than the surrounding ocean. Water flows outwards and is turned by Coriolis Continents form boundaries that contain flow in the ocean basins. ...
... Upper layer of water piles up in the gyre’s center. Sea level is 2 m higher than the surrounding ocean. Water flows outwards and is turned by Coriolis Continents form boundaries that contain flow in the ocean basins. ...
QUIZ #4 – Questions covering lectures Atm4 and Oc1
... 1. Where are trenches located in the ocean? How deep is the deepest trench in relation to the highest mountain? ...
... 1. Where are trenches located in the ocean? How deep is the deepest trench in relation to the highest mountain? ...
CHAPTER 13 THE OCEAN FLOOR
... less than 3 m of relief over a distance that may exceed 1300 km. Scientists determined that abyssal plains low relief is due to the fact that thick accumulations of sediment, transported by turbidity currents, have buried rugged ocean floor. Abyssal plains are more extensive in the Atlantic Ocean th ...
... less than 3 m of relief over a distance that may exceed 1300 km. Scientists determined that abyssal plains low relief is due to the fact that thick accumulations of sediment, transported by turbidity currents, have buried rugged ocean floor. Abyssal plains are more extensive in the Atlantic Ocean th ...
Quiz 2 - Study Guidelines Study Outline
... Review the tectonic process responsible for forming oceanic ridges and rises and understand the differences between ridges and rises. Understand the difference between transform faults and fracture zones. Know the features of the ocean basin floor; be able to describe the process by which tablemount ...
... Review the tectonic process responsible for forming oceanic ridges and rises and understand the differences between ridges and rises. Understand the difference between transform faults and fracture zones. Know the features of the ocean basin floor; be able to describe the process by which tablemount ...
Seafloor Spreading Notes - mrs. villarreal`s orange team science
... another. • This happens at the edge of oceans, where denser ocean crust is pushed underneath less dense continental crust. The rock returns to the mantle. ...
... another. • This happens at the edge of oceans, where denser ocean crust is pushed underneath less dense continental crust. The rock returns to the mantle. ...
Animal and Plant Adaptations
... Animals that live in the oceans are generally stream lined in shape – think sharks and whales The skin may or may not have scales – sharks have scales, whales do not Some organisms have gills (fish) some do not (whales) these mammals have nostrils for which to breathe air Swimming is aided b ...
... Animals that live in the oceans are generally stream lined in shape – think sharks and whales The skin may or may not have scales – sharks have scales, whales do not Some organisms have gills (fish) some do not (whales) these mammals have nostrils for which to breathe air Swimming is aided b ...
KEY
... After the wave comes the trough where the sea level drops below normal and the water dumped on land pours back to the sea, This is when much of the damage is done as people are battered by debris and sucked out to sea. Even worse, tsunamis seldom come in ones. The second or third wave is usually the ...
... After the wave comes the trough where the sea level drops below normal and the water dumped on land pours back to the sea, This is when much of the damage is done as people are battered by debris and sucked out to sea. Even worse, tsunamis seldom come in ones. The second or third wave is usually the ...
M S C
... reliance on the sea is at risk and increasingly vulnerable because of increases in temperature, sea level rise, natural disasters, ocean acidity, biodiversity loss and environmental pollutants caused by global change. ...
... reliance on the sea is at risk and increasingly vulnerable because of increases in temperature, sea level rise, natural disasters, ocean acidity, biodiversity loss and environmental pollutants caused by global change. ...
marine biology - Raleigh Charter High School
... 2. disruptive coloration (ex: tropical fish): bold, contrasting color patterns that break up the organism’s outline, but do not match the background echolocation: using sounds instead of light to see and locate things; sound is a better form of communication and sensing in water because light penetr ...
... 2. disruptive coloration (ex: tropical fish): bold, contrasting color patterns that break up the organism’s outline, but do not match the background echolocation: using sounds instead of light to see and locate things; sound is a better form of communication and sensing in water because light penetr ...
Marine habitats
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The marine environment supplies many kinds of habitats that support marine life. Marine life depends in some way on the saltwater that is in the sea (the term marine comes from the Latin mare, meaning sea or ocean). A habitat is an ecological or environmental area inhabited by one or more living species.Marine habitats can be divided into coastal and open ocean habitats. Coastal habitats are found in the area that extends from as far as the tide comes in on the shoreline out to the edge of the continental shelf. Most marine life is found in coastal habitats, even though the shelf area occupies only seven percent of the total ocean area. Open ocean habitats are found in the deep ocean beyond the edge of the continental shelf.Alternatively, marine habitats can be divided into pelagic and demersal habitats. Pelagic habitats are found near the surface or in the open water column, away from the bottom of the ocean. Demersal habitats are near or on the bottom of the ocean. An organism living in a pelagic habitat is said to be a pelagic organism, as in pelagic fish. Similarly, an organism living in a demersal habitat is said to be a demersal organism, as in demersal fish. Pelagic habitats are intrinsically shifting and ephemeral, depending on what ocean currents are doing.Marine habitats can be modified by their inhabitants. Some marine organisms, like corals, kelp, mangroves and seagrasses, are ecosystem engineers which reshape the marine environment to the point where they create further habitat for other organisms.