Platonic Plates
Pate tectonics is also known as
Continental drift
What provides the energy that drives convection within the atmosphere and ocean
Sun
Desiccation
Hiding due to potential water loss
Define intertidal zone
Area between the mean and low tide and mean high tide
Salinity is defined as
Total concentration of salt in a solute
Who first proposed the plates
Alfred Wegener
Affect weather and climate for costal regions around the world
Surface Currents
Epifauna
Organisms that live on the surface of the substrate (Barnacles)
Subital zone is always
Submerged
Name the four cycles we talked about this year
nitrogen, water, phosphorus, and carbon
Wegener's " The Origins of Continents and Oceans" did what
Defie the laws of physics
Controlled by the following three factors: global winds, coiolid effect , and continental deflections
Surface Currents
Infauna
Organisms that live in the substrate (clams)
How do some organisms stay cool with the changing temperatures in the intertidal zones
Some organisms have body ridges to allow heat pass, and light colors to reflect heat
Salamanders are often found in what type of water
Aquifers
Magnetic polarity is defined as
Orientation of the North and South Poles
Movement of water around the oceans has two parts:
Density driven circulation and wind driven circulation
Convection
Transfer of heat by the movement of a liquid or gas
Normal ocean salinity range
33-35 ppt
Saturated layers of previous rock bounded above and below by largely impervious rock which water cant pass through
Confined Aquifers
Plates move towards each other
Convergent
Density in the ocean decreases by
decrease water temperature and increased salinity
If you put a metal spoon on a sauce pan of boiling soup, the heat is transferred to the spoon through
Conduction
Wave action can be problematic how
Organisms may be disloged from their habitat
Gills contain capillaries that are responsible for
Taking up dissolved oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide