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ES-Oceanography
Earth Science SOL Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are most waves generated by ? | Wind |
| What is the periodic rise and fall of the water level caused by the moon and sun ? | Tides |
| What is the single largest reservoir of heat on the Earth ? | The Ocean |
| When water warms in the oceans what becomes prevalent ? | Storms/Hurricanes |
| What is the relatively flat area that extends from the shoreline to the continental slope ? | Continental Shelf |
| What is the relatively flat seafloor from the continental rise to the mid- ocean ridge ? | Abyssal Plain |
| Water seamounts ? | Underwater Volcanoes |
| The basement or parent rock below the abyssal plain are ? | Oceanic rocks ( Basalt ) |
| North Atlantic is ? | where it rises because it is less dense than the cold water found there. |
| What are the parent or basement rocks that are continental ? | granite and gneiss |