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| Explain what causes tides |
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| The gravitational pull between the sun causes the water on the Earth to be pulled in the direction of the moon and sun. As the Earth rotates, it rotates in the water which causes tides. |
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| What are the different types of tides? (6) |
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| When do Neap tides occur? |
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| During a 1st and 3rd quarter moon. The moon and the sun are at a 90 degree angle with the Earth. |
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| When there is a Neap tide how are the high and low tides different? |
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Definition
| There is very little difference between the high tide and the low tide. |
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| When do Spring Tides occur? |
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| During a full and new moon. The moon and sun are in a straight line with the earth. |
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| When there is a Spring tide how are the high and low tides different? |
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| The high tide is at its highest and the low tide is at its lowest. |
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| What is a pro to solar enery? |
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Definition
It will last for billions of years
Renewable
can be used anywhere |
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| What is a con of solar enery? |
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Definition
Not available at night
may need a backup source
expensive to set up |
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| Explain what happens to energy in a wave. |
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| The water particles move up and down but DO NOT move forward. |
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| How does heat from the sun reach the Earth? |
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| Name the parts of the ocean floor. (7) |
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Definition
Continental Shelf
Continental slope
Abyssal plain
Seamount
Volcanic Islands
Mid-ocean ridge
Trench |
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| Describe the continental shelf. |
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Definition
| under water part of the continent that is relatively flat and gently slopes down |
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| Describe the continental slope. |
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Definition
| connected to the continental shelf and it plunges further down into the ocean |
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| a nearly flat region of the ocean floor, covered with thick layers of sediment |
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| mountains whose peaks do not break the surface of the water. |
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| occur when volcanoes on the ocean floor eventually build up enough and reach the surface of the water |
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| occurs at a deivergent boundary where magma comes up through the surface and creates the longest mountain chain in the world. |
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| occurs at a subduction zone and is the deepest part of the ocean |
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| What are the zones of the ocean? |
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Definition
Intertidal
Nertic
Open-ocean
Surface
Transition
Deep |
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| Describe the Intertidal Zone |
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Definition
| the area that stretch from the highest high-tide to the point on the continental shelf exposed by the lowest low tide. |
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Definition
| extends from the low tide to the edge of the continental shelf |
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| Describe the Open-ocean Zone |
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Definition
| extends from beyond the edge of the continental shelf and includes the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean |
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| Describe the Surface Zone |
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| most affected by weather because it is at the top |
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| Describe the Transition Zone |
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| where a lot of ocean life lives |
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| What effects the size of waves?(3) |
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The length of time the wind flows across the water
The strength of the wind
the distance the wind blows |
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| What is the composition of the ocean water?(8) |
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Definition
| Water, Sodium, chloride, sulfate, magnesium, calcium, potassium, other |
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| Percent of ocean water - water |
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Definition
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| Percent of ocean water - Sodium |
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Definition
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| Percent of ocean water - chloride |
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| Percent of ocean water - sulfate |
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| Percent of ocean water - magnesium |
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| Percent of ocean water - calcium |
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| Percent of ocean water - potassium |
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| Percent of ocean water - other |
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