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Oceans
Currents
Waves & Tides
Heating of the Atmosphere
Atmosphere Characteristics
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Which ocean is completely in the Northern Hemisphere? Southern Hemisphere?
Northern- Artic Southern- Indian
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What is the purpose of a conveyor belt?
To move heat around the Earth
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What are tides?
Daily change in sea level
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What heats faster land of water?
Land heats faster.
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What is the difference between climate and weather?
Weather is temperature at a given place and time Climate is weather at a place over a long period of time
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What are the 4 oceans (in order from smallest to largest)?
Artic, Indian, Atlantic, Pacific
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Large circular current systems
Gyres
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When do waves start to break?
When they reach the shore and they become to tall to stand
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What is the difference between convection and conduction
Conduction is transfer of heat by one object touching another Convection is transfer of heat by moving fluids
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What is the atmosphere's composition made of? (give percentages)
78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% other stuff
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The area between continental margin and mid-ocean ridges is called...
Ocean Basin Floor
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What are the 5 main gyres?
-North Pacific Gyre -South Pacific Gyre -North Atlantic Gyre -South Atlantic Gyre -Indian Ocean Gyre
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What is difference between high and low tides?
Tidal range
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Heat can be absorbed, transmitted or reflected through?
Solar Radiation
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What causes the day and night?
Rotation of the earth on it's axis
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What 3 processes are used for bathymetry?
Sonar, satellites, submersibles
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Which is more dense.... Salt water or fresh water? What causes this?
Salt water because the water evaporates or freezes leaving more salt in the water
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What are two causes of tides?
1. Moons gravity 2. Suns Gravity
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Higher elevation means what for the temperature? What is this called?
Cool Temperatures Altitude
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What are the 4 layers of the atmosphere (lowest to highest)?
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere
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What are Continental Margins and what are the 3 parts?
-transition zone between land and ocean floor -continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise
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What is the turning of water due to the rotation of earth
Corolis Effect
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What is the difference between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration?
Zone of saturation is an area of ground where water is Zone of Aeration is an area of ground above water table
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What is Albedo?
Amount of light that something reflects
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What are the approximate seasonal times of the Northern Hemisphere?
Fall- September 21 Spring- March 21 Summer- June 21 Winter- December 21