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Oceanography Review

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The oceans are an important source of what? Food and mineral resources
Upwelling brings what? Cold nutrient-rich water from the bottom to the surface.
Algae supplies most of the what for both the atmosphere and the oceans? Oxygen
What are tides? The periodic rise and fall of water level caused by the moon and sun.
Most waves are generated by what? Wind.
Climates nearer the ocean are _______ than those found inland and on the continent. Milder.
Any downturn in numbers of plants and animals will affect what? Future productivity
What is the continental shelf? The relatively flat area that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope.
What is the continental slope? The steeply sloping area that is between the continental shelf and the rise.
What is convection? The major mechanism of energy transfer in oceans, atmosphere, and the Earth's interior.
What is an Abyssal plain? The relatively flat seafloor from the continental rise to the mid-ocean ridge.
Runoff brings large quantities of what? Sediments.
What is the Chesapeake Bay? An estuary where fresh water and salt water mix.
Movement of ________ disrupts normal flow of currents present in the ocean. Plates
What is the ocean? The single largest reservoir of heat on the Earth.
There are large ________ systems in the ocean. Current
Ocean water stays warmer than what during fall and winter? Land
Mid-ocean ridges and trenches are what? Seafloor features
What are seamounts? Underwater volcanoes.
Oceanic rocks are made of what? Basalt.
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