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Oceanography
Oceans
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why are oceans important? | The oceans are important source of food and mineral resources as well as human recreation and transportation |
| Why are abyssal plain is the relatively flat seafloor? | from the continental rise to the mid- ocean ridge |
| True or false:Topography of the seafloor is as variable as that on the continents. | True |
| What is the effect of ocean water staying warmer than the land? | Low pressure systems form over the warmer oceans and causes increased chances of snows or nor’easters |
| What happens as water warms. | Storms such as hurricanes become more prevalent. |
| Climates near where are milder than those found inland on the Continent? | The ocean |
| What is the periodic rise and fall of the water level caused by the moon and sun? | Tides |
| How are most waves generated? | By wind |
| True or flase: Shrimp supplies most of the oxygen for both the atmosphere and the oceans through photosynthesis | Flase:Algae supplies most of the oxygen for both the atmosphere and the oceans through photosynthesis |
| What can runoff bring? | large quantities of sediments that will affect water clarity affecting sunlight penetration which may damage plant life and all animals above plant life on the food web |
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