OSX-1005 fundamentals of oceanography yueng lectures

Question 1

what is temperature

Answer 1

a measure of heat content of the ocean

Question 2

what % of the earth is covered in ocean

Answer 2

around 70% of the earth

Question 3

what is heat

Answer 3

the internal energy of the water

Question 4

what is the average salinity of the ocean

Answer 4

35 g/kg

Question 5

what is the source of heat in the oceans

Answer 5

solar radiation

Question 6

what is the sink of heat in the oceans

Answer 6

air-sea fluxes

Question 7

what is the source of salt in the oceans

Answer 7

rivers+ice melting

Question 8

what is the sink of salt in the oceans

Answer 8

precipitation (fresh water input)

Question 9

what is salinity

Answer 9

measure of the salt content of the oceans

Question 10

what does evaporation do to oceans and what is salinity like in areas with high evaporation

Answer 10

removes water

high salinity in those areas

Question 11

what does precipitation do to oceans and what is salinity like in areas with high precipitation

Answer 11

adds water

lower salinity in areas with high precipitation

Question 12

what does a water mass have

Answer 12

specific temperatures and salinity that are set when water was last at the surface

Question 13

what can temperature salinity diagrams be used to identify

Answer 13

temperature salinity diagrams can be used to identify mixing and water masses

Question 14

what is a water mass

Answer 14

body of water formed in some place often at the surface of the ocean
has specific temperature, salinity characteristics