Ocean Final Flashcards by Kris Lantz

Q

What Energy moves plates

Why

A

Heat

Pressure, radio active decay

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Evolution theory of plate tectonics

A

Land masses fit together

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Half life

A

1/2 1/4 1/8

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Types of crust

A

Oceanic crust heavy salt

Continental crust

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Q

Hudson canyon formed from

A

Tribity currents

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Baretric satellite

A

Measures water depth

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Trinity current

A

Water mixed with sediments
downhill erosion
Level sediments pile up

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Catmendue

A

2 plates clash but one doesn’t rise so no volcano

Dramatic change to shoreline

Sedimentary rock gets compressed

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Buoyancy

A

G d b^

Amount water displaced

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Q

Why mid ocean acidic

A

Cold dissolves gasses
More c02
Pressure holds co2 down
Decay

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Q

What’s temp

A

Avg kinetic energy

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Q

Energy needed to change water

A

1cal/1g*c

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Latent heat

A

Solid -liq 80cal

Liq-gas 540cal

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Polar

A

Solid bonds

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Q

Why is h20 a good solid

A

Neutral acidity

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Q

What causes sea breeze

A

Dif water temps

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Monsoon

A

Larger land scale

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Temp depends how much

A

Water can be held

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Q

Surf currents

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A

Wind driven

Q

Antarctic bottom

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A

Density driven temp salinity

Thermohaleen driven

Q

Maintain delta

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A

Sand
Slope
Scale level
Energy

Q

Estuaries origins

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A

Circulations isobaleens

Q

Eddie

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A

Brings cold water up low and mid.

Q

Velocity

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A

C=l/t

Tides Spring Neap

Spring a lot amp | Neap less amp

Bottom bithymitry

Focus waves

Where's thermocline

Equator

Intermediate water

Salty cold

Two types of waves

Deep | Shallow

What controls wave depth

Ratio | Depth and length

V or C=

Gd^2

Amplitude

1/7th the length

Standing waves

Sloshing

Internal waves

^^^^^^^^^ ~~~~~~~~~~ ____________

Velocity

1/20th

Winds spiral hurricane

Warm moist air pressure

Coral

Shallow water carbonates

Fog

Condensation

Sofar layer

Sounds travel furthest

Transform fault

Sanandres

Earthquakes

2 plates crash

Volcanic

Opposite of erosion

Geography

Extensive ubissle plain

Cont shelf

2 flat features

4 types

Terrigenous Biogenous hydrogenous Cosmogenous

Earth quakes

1906