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Oceanography
Flash cards to help with oceanography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a important source of food and mineral resources as well as human recreation and transportation? | oceans |
| Are ocean resources infinite or finite? | finite |
| What lake is where fresh and saltwater meets? | The Chesapeake Bay |
| what are most waves generated by? | Wind |
| What cause El Nino? | when upwelling stops off the coast of Peru and water warms. |
| What becomes more prevalent as the ocean gets warmer? | hurricanes |
| As the land gets colder during the fall & winter does the water get colder or stay warm? | ocean stays warmer |
| What is a Continental shelf? | The relatively flat area that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope. |
| What is a continental slope? | The steeply sloping area that is between the continental shelf and the rise. |
| What is a abyssal plain? | The relatively flat seafloor from the continental rise to the mid- ocean ridge. |