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Oceanography
oceanography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the oceans an important source of? | food and mineral resources as well as human recreation and transportation |
| what are most waves generated by? | wind |
| What are climates near the ocean like? | milder |
| what is the periodic rise and fall in water caused by the moon and sun? | tides |
| When is El Nino caused? | is caused when upwelling stops off the coast of Peru and water warms. |
| what does Algae supply most of the oxygen for? | the atmosphere and the oceans |
| when the water warms what becomes more prevalent? | hurricanes |
| any downturn in numbers of plants and animals will affect future what? | productivity |
| what are seaflor features caused by? | plate tectonics |
| what is the relativley flat seafloor from the continental rise to the mnid-ocean ridge? | Abyssal plain |