Coastal upwelling - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

How much of the earth's surface is covered by ocean - 70% How much of earth's water is ocean - 97% Does the southern hemisphere have more ocean coverage than northern? - Yes. Oceanic crust is - The younger, thinner, more dense crust than continental. The amount of loose sediment decreases as one moves away from the ridge - False Facts about mid ocean ridge - Area of sea floor formation, rocks on either side of the ridge exhibit "normal" and "reversed" magnetization. Pattern is symme...

Oceanography Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) How much of the Earth is covered in Water? - answer70% Where is most of the water located on Earth? - answerOceans What is the largest body of water on Earth? - answerOceans, interconnected to each other What are seas surrounded by? - answerSmaller bodies of water surrounded by Land How is salinity in water determined/measured? - answerThe amount of dissolved solids in water, measured in g/1000 with an average of 3.3-3.6% Wha...

Oceanography Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) How much of the Earth is covered in Water? - answer70% Where is most of the water located on Earth? - answerOceans What is the largest body of water on Earth? - answerOceans, interconnected to each other What are seas surrounded by? - answerSmaller bodies of water surrounded by Land How is salinity in water determined/measured? - answerThe amount of dissolved solids in water, measured in g/1000 with an average of 3.3-3.6% Wha...

AP Environmental science unit 4 correct 100upwelling of deep water nutrients increases - ANSWER which of the following is not likely to occur in an el nino event? hawaiian islands - ANSWER which of the following is not created by converging plate boundaries temp, precipitation - ANSWER the two most important factors representing climate would be temperate grassland - ANSWER beetles, spiders, grasshoppers, earthworms, prairy dogs, rabbits, meadowlarks, cayootes, hawks cool nutrient ri...

Heat Capacity - Answer-The amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of a substance by 1*C Role of heat capacity in currents regulating coastal communities - Answer-Water stores lots of heat currents transport this heat across the earth 4 factors that affect ocean surface currents - Answer-Wind, Temperature, Corialis Effect, Land Masses Factors cause convection currents - Answer-Caused by differences in water density Convection Currents related to upwelling - Answer- ...

What is meant by the term succession? Using an artificial reef and a coastline contaminated by an oil spill; which would illustrate a better example of primary succession and which for secondary succession? Why? - Answer-The process by which a plant or animal community successively gives way to another until a stable climax is reached. Primary: Artificial reef. Secondary: Coastline contaminated by an oil spill. What is meant by the term trophic level and what are the five standard levels ca...

APES Unit 5: Climate and Land Use Layers of the Atmosphere - correct answer troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere. A further region at about 500 km above the Earth's surface is called the exosphere Troposphere - correct answer Closest layer to Earth Densest layer Weather occurs Stratosphere - correct answer Ozone layer: pale blue gas composed of molecules made up of three oxygen atoms (O3) Absorbs UV-B and UV-C radiation Climate varies in different parts of the Ear...

upwelling of deep water nutrients increases - ANSWER which of the following is not likely to occur in an el nino event? hawaiian islands - ANSWER which of the following is not created by converging plate boundaries temp, precipitation - ANSWER the two most important factors representing climate would be temperate grassland - ANSWER beetles, spiders, grasshoppers, earthworms, prairy dogs, rabbits, meadowlarks, cayootes, hawks cool nutrient rich water from bottom to surface - ANSWER th...

upwelling of deep water nutrients increases - ANSWER which of the following is not likely to occur in an el nino event? hawaiian islands - ANSWER which of the following is not created by converging plate boundaries temp, precipitation - ANSWER the two most important factors representing climate would be temperate grassland - ANSWER beetles, spiders, grasshoppers, earthworms, prairy dogs, rabbits, meadowlarks, cayootes, hawks cool nutrient rich water from bottom to surface - ANSWER th...

Ocean 100 Sacramentogrilo Final Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) Biological productivity - answersynthesis of organic materials from inorganic substances by photosynthesis/chemosynthesis what are the inputs & outputs of photosynthesis? - answerinputs: water, carbon dioxide, & sun energy outputs: sugar & oxygen (6H2O + 6CO2 + sunlight - > C6H12O6 + 6O2) what are the different types of light penetration in the oceans? - answer1. red/orange = turned into heat energy b/...