Vocabulary Review Concept Review Summary of Key
... proportion of dissolved salts in seawater, to trace water masses. The relative proportions of ions is the same in all seawater, even when salinity is different. The mixed layer is the only zone with enough light for photosynthesis. Below it is the thermocline, a zone of rapid temperature drop. Deep ...
... proportion of dissolved salts in seawater, to trace water masses. The relative proportions of ions is the same in all seawater, even when salinity is different. The mixed layer is the only zone with enough light for photosynthesis. Below it is the thermocline, a zone of rapid temperature drop. Deep ...
Tides--their Nature and Impacts (MSL F693H)
... transport of fish larvae and zooplankton, to mention just a few. While tides are related to large sea level changes and strong currents in the coastal regions, they also impact on many phenomena such as, vertical mixing rates of waters and, hence, on biology, sedimentation and thermal balance. These ...
... transport of fish larvae and zooplankton, to mention just a few. While tides are related to large sea level changes and strong currents in the coastal regions, they also impact on many phenomena such as, vertical mixing rates of waters and, hence, on biology, sedimentation and thermal balance. These ...
Humanities 5 Blue Humanities John R. Gillis Although fully half of
... Although fully half of the world's peoples now live within a hundred miles of an ocean, few today have a working knowledge of the sea. As a science, oceanography is still in its infancy. "More is known about the dark side of the moon than is known about the depths of the oceans,” writes the sea expl ...
... Although fully half of the world's peoples now live within a hundred miles of an ocean, few today have a working knowledge of the sea. As a science, oceanography is still in its infancy. "More is known about the dark side of the moon than is known about the depths of the oceans,” writes the sea expl ...
Ocean Topography
... • The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain, and was part of the continent during the glacial periods, but is undersea during interglacial periods. ...
... • The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain, and was part of the continent during the glacial periods, but is undersea during interglacial periods. ...
Science 8 Unit 1- Chapter 2 Oceans are important because: 1
... Oceans are important because: 1. Primary source for the _____water cycle___ 2. Have a major influence on weather and _climate_ 3. Support diverse life 4. Provide humans with food, minerals, and other resources_ The 5 major oceans are: ...
... Oceans are important because: 1. Primary source for the _____water cycle___ 2. Have a major influence on weather and _climate_ 3. Support diverse life 4. Provide humans with food, minerals, and other resources_ The 5 major oceans are: ...
Slide 1 - OnCourse
... • Japanese word meaning tidal wave • Large wave resulting from an under water earthquake or volcanic eruption • The ocean’s floor becomes tilted somehow • Tsunamis move across an ocean to the shore • Wavelengths of 60 to 120 mi and may reach speeds of 800 km/h • Upon entering shallow waters, the wav ...
... • Japanese word meaning tidal wave • Large wave resulting from an under water earthquake or volcanic eruption • The ocean’s floor becomes tilted somehow • Tsunamis move across an ocean to the shore • Wavelengths of 60 to 120 mi and may reach speeds of 800 km/h • Upon entering shallow waters, the wav ...
The Ocean
... – Cool water currents: California current that forms near the poles and flow toward the equator down the West Coast of the U.S. (keeps water cooler in California than on the East Coast) ...
... – Cool water currents: California current that forms near the poles and flow toward the equator down the West Coast of the U.S. (keeps water cooler in California than on the East Coast) ...
Powerpoint
... Abyssal Plain – deep sea floor 3,000-5,000 meters Contains seamounts - underwater volcanoes with a pointy top Contains guyots (tablemounts) - flat topped seamounts that were once volcanic islands that eroded and sunk. Trenches – where the ocean plate descends into the continental plate. (subduction ...
... Abyssal Plain – deep sea floor 3,000-5,000 meters Contains seamounts - underwater volcanoes with a pointy top Contains guyots (tablemounts) - flat topped seamounts that were once volcanic islands that eroded and sunk. Trenches – where the ocean plate descends into the continental plate. (subduction ...
El Nino
... deserts there. • Warm water spreads from the west Pacific across to the east Pacific. It takes the rain with it, causing rainfall in normally dry areas. ...
... deserts there. • Warm water spreads from the west Pacific across to the east Pacific. It takes the rain with it, causing rainfall in normally dry areas. ...
OCEANOGRAPHY MORE OCEANOGRAPHY
... Extending out from a continent's edge is a gently sloping, shallow area called the continental shelf (F). At the edge of the shelf, the ocean floor drops off in a steep incline called the continental slope (A). The continental slope marks the true edge of the continent, where the rock that makes up ...
... Extending out from a continent's edge is a gently sloping, shallow area called the continental shelf (F). At the edge of the shelf, the ocean floor drops off in a steep incline called the continental slope (A). The continental slope marks the true edge of the continent, where the rock that makes up ...
Study Guide for Oceanography Test 2016
... A wave is the movement of energy through a medium Waves slow down when they approach the shore due to friction with the bottom of the ocean As salinity increases the density of water increases Sodium Chloride is the most abundant salt in ocean water As depth increases so does the pressure ...
... A wave is the movement of energy through a medium Waves slow down when they approach the shore due to friction with the bottom of the ocean As salinity increases the density of water increases Sodium Chloride is the most abundant salt in ocean water As depth increases so does the pressure ...
Unit 10 : Oceanography A. Ocean Water (salinity and density) 1
... 1. the ocean removes about 1/3 of the CO2 released into the atmosphere as a result of photosynthesis of aquatic plants 2. whenCO2 dissolves in seawater, it leads to decreased pH levels 3. acidification is a consequence of human emissions of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere 4. effects of ocean acidif ...
... 1. the ocean removes about 1/3 of the CO2 released into the atmosphere as a result of photosynthesis of aquatic plants 2. whenCO2 dissolves in seawater, it leads to decreased pH levels 3. acidification is a consequence of human emissions of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere 4. effects of ocean acidif ...
InAConchShell - some tryout study material
... Accurate model termed dynamic model of tides. Budges become rotary waves (like water swirling in cup) in an amphidromic system (tide rotates about fixed node). ...
... Accurate model termed dynamic model of tides. Budges become rotary waves (like water swirling in cup) in an amphidromic system (tide rotates about fixed node). ...
Geography Knowledge Map: Year 8: Exploring Asia
... Rainshadow: The process involves air moving up and over the mountain range. As ...
... Rainshadow: The process involves air moving up and over the mountain range. As ...
Climate change: impact on coasts and estuaries
... which extends from catchment headwaters to the deep ocean. Throughout geological time, relative sea level changes have ensured that beaches and estuaries occupied different areas of the continental margins. In addition to natural changes, parts of the system can be influenced by man-made impacts. Ex ...
... which extends from catchment headwaters to the deep ocean. Throughout geological time, relative sea level changes have ensured that beaches and estuaries occupied different areas of the continental margins. In addition to natural changes, parts of the system can be influenced by man-made impacts. Ex ...
Lab 4-3: Sea-Floor Spreading
... – Ocean crust is created at a divergent boundary as plates pull apart and molten material rises from deep within the Earth. ...
... – Ocean crust is created at a divergent boundary as plates pull apart and molten material rises from deep within the Earth. ...
Bodies of Water Notes - Raleigh Charter High School
... i. Lies between Iceland and Norway and is separated from the Atlantic by the Faeroe-Iceland Ridge ii. Kept free of ice by the warm North Atlantic Drift the flows from Scotland Baltic Sea i. Shallow enclosed inland sea with little tide and branches out into Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland. ii. It ...
... i. Lies between Iceland and Norway and is separated from the Atlantic by the Faeroe-Iceland Ridge ii. Kept free of ice by the warm North Atlantic Drift the flows from Scotland Baltic Sea i. Shallow enclosed inland sea with little tide and branches out into Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland. ii. It ...
Level 2_ZOOL_03 - Marine Ecology
... • Here two converging lithospheric plates collide with one another. • At this collision point, one of the plates descends into the mantle. • At the line of contact between the two plates the downward flexure forms a trough known as an ocean trench. ...
... • Here two converging lithospheric plates collide with one another. • At this collision point, one of the plates descends into the mantle. • At the line of contact between the two plates the downward flexure forms a trough known as an ocean trench. ...
Ocean Structure and Circulation
... 6. Draw the direction of geostrophic flow on a map of an ocean basin between 0 and 60° N or S, and explain why the water moves around the gyre as it does in response to gravity and the Coriolis effect. 7. Predict whether currents flowing along the eastern and western sides of an ocean basin will be ...
... 6. Draw the direction of geostrophic flow on a map of an ocean basin between 0 and 60° N or S, and explain why the water moves around the gyre as it does in response to gravity and the Coriolis effect. 7. Predict whether currents flowing along the eastern and western sides of an ocean basin will be ...
Oceans cover much of Earth`s surface. They are so large that they
... Oceans cover much of Earth's surface. They are so large that they have many ecosystems. An ecosystem includes all the living and nonliving things in an area. Some ocean ecosystems are the shore, coral reef, open ocean, and deep sea. The shore ecosystem is where the ocean meets the land. Ocean waves ...
... Oceans cover much of Earth's surface. They are so large that they have many ecosystems. An ecosystem includes all the living and nonliving things in an area. Some ocean ecosystems are the shore, coral reef, open ocean, and deep sea. The shore ecosystem is where the ocean meets the land. Ocean waves ...
Sea
A sea is a large body of salt water that is surrounded in whole or in part by land. More broadly, the sea (with the definite article) is the interconnected system of Earth's salty, oceanic waters—considered as one global ocean or as several principal oceanic divisions. The sea moderates Earth's climate and has important roles in the water cycle, carbon cycle, and nitrogen cycle. Although the sea has been travelled and explored since prehistory, the modern scientific study of the sea—oceanography—dates broadly to the British Challenger expedition of the 1870s. The sea is conventionally divided into up to five large oceanic sections—including the IHO's four named oceans (the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic) and the Southern Ocean; smaller, second-order sections, such as the Mediterranean, are known as seas.Owing to the present state of continental drift, the Northern Hemisphere is now fairly equally divided between land and sea (a ratio of about 2:3) but the South is overwhelmingly oceanic (1:4.7). Salinity in the open ocean is generally in a narrow band around 3.5% by mass, although this can vary in more landlocked waters, near the mouths of large rivers, or at great depths. About 85% of the solids in the open sea are sodium chloride. Deep-sea currents are produced by differences in salinity and temperature. Surface currents are formed by the friction of waves produced by the wind and by tides, the changes in local sea level produced by the gravity of the Moon and Sun. The direction of all of these is governed by surface and submarine land masses and by the rotation of the Earth (the Coriolis effect).Former changes in the sea levels have left continental shelves, shallow areas in the sea close to land. These nutrient-rich waters teem with life, which provide humans with substantial supplies of food—mainly fish, but also shellfish, mammals, and seaweed—which are both harvested in the wild and farmed. The most diverse areas surround great tropical coral reefs. Whaling in the deep sea was once common but whales' dwindling numbers prompted international conservation efforts and finally a moratorium on most commercial hunting. Oceanography has established that not all life is restricted to the sunlit surface waters: even under enormous depths and pressures, nutrients streaming from hydrothermal vents support their own unique ecosystem. Life may have started there and aquatic microbial mats are generally credited with the oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere; both plants and animals first evolved in the sea.The sea is an essential aspect of human trade, travel, mineral extraction, and power generation. This has also made it essential to warfare and left major cities exposed to earthquakes and volcanoes from nearby faults; powerful tsunami waves; and hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones produced in the tropics. This importance and duality has affected human culture, from early sea gods to the epic poetry of Homer to the changes induced by the Columbian Exchange, from Viking funerals to Basho's haikus to hyperrealist marine art, and inspiring music ranging from the shanties in The Complaynt of Scotland to Rimsky-Korsakov's ""The Sea and Sinbad's Ship"" to A-mei's ""Listen to the Sea"". It is the scene of leisure activities including swimming, diving, surfing, and sailing. However, population growth, industrialization, and intensive farming have all contributed to present-day marine pollution. Atmospheric carbon dioxide is being absorbed in increasing amounts, lowering its pH in a process known as ocean acidification. The shared nature of the sea has made overfishing an increasing problem.