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Oceanography
The study of oceans and seas and bodies of water
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is convection? | The major mechanism of energy transfer in the oceans, interior of Earth, and atmosphere. |
| How are most waves generated? | Most waves are generated by winds. |
| Why are oceans important? | The are a home to many food and mineral sources, travel and human recreation and sports. |
| What do the large current systems do? | The large current systems carry warm water from the equator to the poles and cold water from the poles to the equator. |
| Any decrease in food stocks in the ocean will have a negative impact economically on industries that are dependent on those food stocks. What foods from the ocean are people most highly dependent? | Fish, shellfish, and various other sea creatures and plants. |
| What happens when the waters warm? | Storms and weather disasters become more common. |
| How are sea floor features caused? | They are caused by plate tectonics, these features include trenches and mid-ocean ridges. |
| Does the topography of the seafloor vary like the continents? | Yes |
| True or False, climate nearer the ocean are milder than inland climates. | True |
| What are tides? | The periodic rise and fall of the water level which is caused by the moon and the sun. |
| True or False, the continental shelf is the relatively flat area extending from the shoreline and the rise. (shoreline and rise are submerged parts of continent. | True |
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