Ocean Final Flashcards

1
Q

What Energy moves plates

Why

A

Heat

Pressure, radio active decay

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2
Q

Evolution theory of plate tectonics

A

Land masses fit together

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3
Q

Half life

A

1/2 1/4 1/8

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4
Q

Types of crust

A

Oceanic crust heavy salt

Continental crust

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5
Q

Hudson canyon formed from

A

Tribity currents

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6
Q

Baretric satellite

A

Measures water depth

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7
Q

Trinity current

A

Water mixed with sediments
downhill erosion
Level sediments pile up

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8
Q

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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9
Q

Buoyancy

A

G d b^

Amount water displaced

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10
Q

Why mid ocean acidic

A

Cold dissolves gasses
More c02
Pressure holds co2 down
Decay

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11
Q

What’s temp

A

Avg kinetic energy

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12
Q

Energy needed to change water

A

1cal/1g*c

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13
Q

Latent heat

A

Solid -liq 80cal

Liq-gas 540cal

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14
Q

Polar

A

Solid bonds

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15
Q

Why is h20 a good solid

A

Neutral acidity

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16
Q

What causes sea breeze

A

Dif water temps

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17
Q

Monsoon

A

Larger land scale

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18
Q

Temp depends how much

A

Water can be held

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19
Q

Surf currents

A

Wind driven

20
Q

Antarctic bottom

A

Density driven temp salinity

Thermohaleen driven

21
Q

Maintain delta

A

Sand
Slope
Scale level
Energy

22
Q

Estuaries origins

A

Circulations isobaleens

23
Q

Eddie

A

Brings cold water up low and mid.

24
Q

Velocity

A

C=l/t

25
Q

Tides
Spring
Neap

A

Spring a lot amp

Neap less amp

26
Q

Bottom bithymitry

A

Focus waves

27
Q

Where’s thermocline

A

Equator

28
Q

Intermediate water

A

Salty cold

29
Q

Two types of waves

A

Deep

Shallow

30
Q

What controls wave depth

A

Ratio

Depth and length

31
Q

V or C=

A

Gd^2

32
Q

Amplitude

A

1/7th the length

33
Q

Standing waves

A

Sloshing

34
Q

Internal waves

A

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

35
Q

Velocity

A

1/20th

36
Q

Winds spiral hurricane

A

Warm moist air pressure

37
Q

Coral

A

Shallow water carbonates

38
Q

Fog

A

Condensation

39
Q

Sofar layer

A

Sounds travel furthest

40
Q

Transform fault

A

Sanandres

41
Q

Earthquakes

A

2 plates crash

42
Q

Volcanic

A

Opposite of erosion

43
Q

Geography

A

Extensive ubissle plain

44
Q

Cont shelf

A

2 flat features

45
Q

4 types

A

Terrigenous
Biogenous
hydrogenous
Cosmogenous

46
Q

Earth quakes

A

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