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Water Systems on Earth
... • Tides are connected to the motion of the moon and the spinning of the Earth. • The moon exerts a greater force of pull than the sun due to its closer proximity to Earth. ...
... • Tides are connected to the motion of the moon and the spinning of the Earth. • The moon exerts a greater force of pull than the sun due to its closer proximity to Earth. ...
Middle Paleozoic Mountain Building
... Low at the end of the Ordovician (Glaciation). Transgression in the Silurian accompanied by Silurian radiation of marine organisms. Glaciation in the Devonian thought to be the result of widespread plant invasion of the land (CO2 reduction in the atm.) causing a mass extinction event at the Fransian ...
... Low at the end of the Ordovician (Glaciation). Transgression in the Silurian accompanied by Silurian radiation of marine organisms. Glaciation in the Devonian thought to be the result of widespread plant invasion of the land (CO2 reduction in the atm.) causing a mass extinction event at the Fransian ...
Oceanic Topography
... • Ocean basin and ridges cover more than half the earth’s surface • More surface area than all of the land continents ...
... • Ocean basin and ridges cover more than half the earth’s surface • More surface area than all of the land continents ...
CST Review - TeacherWeb
... 3. Air moves from an area of ______________ to ________________ pressure (pg 561). 4. Which absorbs solar radiation the fastest land or ocean (pg 564)? 5. In a sea breeze air moves from the __________________ to the ________________ during the day. (pg 564) 6. In a land breeze air moves form the ___ ...
... 3. Air moves from an area of ______________ to ________________ pressure (pg 561). 4. Which absorbs solar radiation the fastest land or ocean (pg 564)? 5. In a sea breeze air moves from the __________________ to the ________________ during the day. (pg 564) 6. In a land breeze air moves form the ___ ...
Abyssal plain-
... Gas hydrate- 378 unusually compact chemical structures made of water and natural gas. Graded bedding- a sediment layer that is characterized by a decrease in sediment size from bottom to top. Guyot- a submerged flat topped seamount. ...
... Gas hydrate- 378 unusually compact chemical structures made of water and natural gas. Graded bedding- a sediment layer that is characterized by a decrease in sediment size from bottom to top. Guyot- a submerged flat topped seamount. ...
Chapter 17- Plate Tectonics
... side of ocean (matching coastlines) • Continental drift (Wegener)- Earth’s continents had once been joined as Pangaea ...
... side of ocean (matching coastlines) • Continental drift (Wegener)- Earth’s continents had once been joined as Pangaea ...
Unit 11 Oceans Concepts of Earth Science Key Concepts and
... Key Concepts and Questions to Be Able to Explain and Answer: 1. Explain Archimedes’ principle and how it relates to buoyancy. 2. Describe the two theories for how Earth’s oceans developed. 3. List the common dissolved gases that are found in the ocean according to abundance. List the common solids t ...
... Key Concepts and Questions to Be Able to Explain and Answer: 1. Explain Archimedes’ principle and how it relates to buoyancy. 2. Describe the two theories for how Earth’s oceans developed. 3. List the common dissolved gases that are found in the ocean according to abundance. List the common solids t ...
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... Royal Observatory of Belgium, Avenue Circulaire 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium Exotic water worlds: how life-friendly is an ocean mightier than the ones on Earth? Liquid water at the surface of a planet is a key ingredient for life. But recent results show that extrasolar planets covered globally by a me ...
... Royal Observatory of Belgium, Avenue Circulaire 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium Exotic water worlds: how life-friendly is an ocean mightier than the ones on Earth? Liquid water at the surface of a planet is a key ingredient for life. But recent results show that extrasolar planets covered globally by a me ...
Print flyer - Loch Ness Productions
... pelican eels, and the mysterious fangtooth — all perfectly adapted to the extreme pressures and temperatures of their alien environment. In addition to teaching about marine biology and ocean exploration, Into the Deep documents submersible exploration, and describes the basic physical principles th ...
... pelican eels, and the mysterious fangtooth — all perfectly adapted to the extreme pressures and temperatures of their alien environment. In addition to teaching about marine biology and ocean exploration, Into the Deep documents submersible exploration, and describes the basic physical principles th ...
Review sheet – Chapter 1 (Introduction)
... Understand that oceanography is a multi-interdisciplinary science Know that the ocean covers 71% of the Earth’s surface and accounts for ~97% of the water found on Earth (only 3% of water on Earth is freshwater) Know that the average depth of the ocean is ~3,800 meters (12,500 feet) Know that the av ...
... Understand that oceanography is a multi-interdisciplinary science Know that the ocean covers 71% of the Earth’s surface and accounts for ~97% of the water found on Earth (only 3% of water on Earth is freshwater) Know that the average depth of the ocean is ~3,800 meters (12,500 feet) Know that the av ...
Unit 3 “Human Footprint”
... • The ocean contains a great variety of species that include invertebrates and vertebrates • There are two categories of marine habitats: – Benthic: the ocean bottom in either shallow or deep water – Pelagic: the open ocean ...
... • The ocean contains a great variety of species that include invertebrates and vertebrates • There are two categories of marine habitats: – Benthic: the ocean bottom in either shallow or deep water – Pelagic: the open ocean ...
Types of Aquatic Life
... than terrestrial ecosystems. 2. Longer, more complex food chains 3. Difficult to study and monitor because of size and they are hidden from view. 4. Life is found in distinct zones or layers – surface, middle, bottom ...
... than terrestrial ecosystems. 2. Longer, more complex food chains 3. Difficult to study and monitor because of size and they are hidden from view. 4. Life is found in distinct zones or layers – surface, middle, bottom ...
PRESENTSS
... reach a velocity of 7.8 meters/sec (again that's the other story I mentioned earlier). ...
... reach a velocity of 7.8 meters/sec (again that's the other story I mentioned earlier). ...
HERE
... Vertical structure of the atmosphere • In meteorology we discuss air pressure in units of hectopascals (hPa) (previously called millibars mb) • The average atmospheric pressure at the Earth surface is 1013.25 hPa • We can sense sudden changes in pressure when our ears ‘pop’ such as that experienced ...
... Vertical structure of the atmosphere • In meteorology we discuss air pressure in units of hectopascals (hPa) (previously called millibars mb) • The average atmospheric pressure at the Earth surface is 1013.25 hPa • We can sense sudden changes in pressure when our ears ‘pop’ such as that experienced ...
Sea-Floor Spreading - Catawba County Schools
... • Deep ocean trenches are swallowing more oceanic crust than the mid-ocean ridge can produce. Thus, the width of the Pacific will shrink. • The Atlantic is expanding. It has short trenches. In some places, the oceanic crust is attached to the continental crust which moves the continents. ...
... • Deep ocean trenches are swallowing more oceanic crust than the mid-ocean ridge can produce. Thus, the width of the Pacific will shrink. • The Atlantic is expanding. It has short trenches. In some places, the oceanic crust is attached to the continental crust which moves the continents. ...
Plate Tectonics
... Plate interactions in the region provide scientists an opportunity to study first hand how the Atlantic may have begun to form about 200 million years ago. Geologists believe that, if spreading continues, the three plates that meet at the edge of the present-day African continent will separate compl ...
... Plate interactions in the region provide scientists an opportunity to study first hand how the Atlantic may have begun to form about 200 million years ago. Geologists believe that, if spreading continues, the three plates that meet at the edge of the present-day African continent will separate compl ...
The Seafloor Lesson 4
... Smoothest, flattest part of the earth is the abyssal plain where sediment is hundreds of meters thick and undisturbed. • Sediments originate on the continents and are washed into the oceans. ...
... Smoothest, flattest part of the earth is the abyssal plain where sediment is hundreds of meters thick and undisturbed. • Sediments originate on the continents and are washed into the oceans. ...
Ocean 11 - Course World
... water bubbling up through fissures known as thermal vents. They occur where plates in the Earth's crust collide and grind. In these black ocean depths, some of the pinnacles resemble stalagmites in a cave while others look like dribble-sand castles on the beach. Ledges, or flanges, of the crusty, fe ...
... water bubbling up through fissures known as thermal vents. They occur where plates in the Earth's crust collide and grind. In these black ocean depths, some of the pinnacles resemble stalagmites in a cave while others look like dribble-sand castles on the beach. Ledges, or flanges, of the crusty, fe ...
11 Sea Floor
... • Volcanoes outgasses water to fill oceans • Average depth = 4 km • Continental Margins mark edge of continent from deep sea floor – 2 types of margins ...
... • Volcanoes outgasses water to fill oceans • Average depth = 4 km • Continental Margins mark edge of continent from deep sea floor – 2 types of margins ...
Anoxic event
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Oceanic anoxic events or anoxic events (Anoxia conditions) refer to intervals in the Earth's past where portions of oceans become depleted in oxygen (O2) at depths over a large geographic area. During some of these events, euxinia develops - euxinia refers to anoxic waters that contain H2S hydrogen sulfide. Although anoxic events have not happened for millions of years, the geological record shows that they happened many times in the past. Anoxic events coincide with several mass extinctions and may contribute to these events. These mass extinctions include some that geobiologists use as time markers in biostratigraphic dating. It is believed oceanic anoxic events are strongly linked to slowing of ocean circulation, climatic warming and elevated levels of greenhouse gases. Enhanced volcanism (through the release of CO2 and other greenhouse gases) is the proposed central external trigger for the development of these events.