Question | Answer |
What are the five earth's oceans | Pacific,Atlantic,artic,Indian,and southern oceans |
How does water become salty | When water and rocks have minerals on them |
Define salinity | Is the measure of most of dissolved solid in a mass of water |
What are the three zones of the oceans | Sarface zone,middle zone,deep zone |
What are the 3 contenanital Martians | contenanital shelf,contenanital slope,contenanital rise |
What do ocean trenches look like | Tectonic plates collides with a depth of 4000 |
Explain why water near rivers is sometimes salty | Because the water in the sea evaporates and lands on the river |
Describe the deep zone | Plants dont grow here and sea animals that like to live in the dark |
The corioullus effect in the Southern Hemisphere currents curve to the left and what direction | Counterclockwise |
Why do upwelling a occur | Upwelling a occur when wind blows across the ocean surface and pushes it away |
Describe what are desinty currents | It pushes water downwards carry water from surface to sea |
What are density currents caused by | density |
How does currents affect weather and climate | It makes the water warmer and wetter |
What are ocean currents | A large area of flowing water in one area |