Unit 5 Review Earth Science

2018 SONAR DEPOSITION OF SEDIMENTS from the continents CONTINENTAL RISE _______ _______ _______ _______ ______ GROW FALLS MELT RISES SALINITY WILL INCREASE WIND WIND SPEED WIND DURATION FETCH CLIMATE CHANGE RISING OF COLD NUTRIENT-RICH BOTTOM WATER ALONG A COASTLINE CAUSE BY SURFACE WINDS

NUTRIENTS ARE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE RIVER-LIKE FLOW ON WATER ALONG THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN CAUSED BY GLOBAL WIND PATTERNS MODERATES CLIMATE BY BRINGING COLD WATER TO WARM AREAS AND WARM WATER TO COLD AREAS DENSITY CURRENT: SINKING OF COLD DENSE WATER AND RISING OF WARM WATER CAUSING A SLOW CHURNING OF THE OCEAN DENSITY DIFFERENCES (TEMP AND SALINITY) EQUATOR POLES DAILY RISE AND FALL OF SEALEVEL GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION OF THE MOON (SUN PLAYS A SMALL PART IN NEAP AND SPRING TIDES)

HIGH DAILY TIDAL RANGE FULL AND NEW MOON LOWEST DAILY TIDAL RANGE 1ST AND 3RD QUARTER MOON SHELF SEAMOUNT SLOPE ABYSSAL PLAIN MID-OCEAN RIDGE RISE TRENCH 10:38PM

COMMERCIAL BOATING FISHING BEACH RECREATION OIL SPILLS/GASOLINE POLLUTION OVER-FISHING TRASH DENSER DENSER FASTER SONAR HELPED TO GET A PICTURE OF THE SEAFLOOR AND LEAD TO SEAFLOOR SPREADING HYPOTHESIS THEY ADD CARBON DIOXIDE TO THE ATMOSPHERE AND CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING – RAISE SEALEVEL CURRENT THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO SHORE CAUSED BY THE REFRACTION OF WAVES COMING TO SHORE CONVECTION SURFACE