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What effect do oceans have on the temperatures of the near by land areas?
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∙ 12y ago
Because hydrogen bonds form between the molecules of water in the ocean, the ocean's temperature is harder to warm up and cool down then the land, which easily absorbs the sun's rays and quickly gives up heat. Because the ocean is slower to the heat and cool, land near the ocean benefits from the general stability in ocean temperatures.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoAn ocean modulates the temperatures of the adjacent land areas.
That is, they tend to warm areas that are cold. England is a good example. England would be as snowy and icy as Norway, but the Gulf Current that flows up from south of Florida actually flows north along the US, then diverts to the east, affecting Greenland, Iceland, the British Isles, and others.
The oceans can also cool warm areas in many locations.
I live 350 miles east of the Pacific Ocean, with the Cascade Mountain range in between, but the ocean keeps us warm in the winter. The Rocky Mountains end up stopping this effect, so Montana, say, is very cold in the winter, often having the coldest temperature in the 48 adjacent States.
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∙ 13y agoThe water absorbs heat and keeps gives the temperature a consistency.
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∙ 12y agothe effects the places have are warmer than the ones farther .
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∙ 6y agoThe oceans current are contain stream like movements of water call ocean current
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What effect do oceans have on the temperatures of nearby land areas?
Oceans cause the land masses near by to have more moderate temperatures. (Cooler summers and warmer winters.)
Why do the oceans have a great impact on the weather over the continents?
The oceans are the source of most of the humidity in the atmosphere. They also have more mild temperatures than the land, and thus cool or warm coastal areas. Ocean currents effect the temperatures of nearby land masses (cool currents make the land cooler, warm currents make the land warmer).
What is moderating effect?
Moderating Effects - effect that large climate over nearby land areas. Winter temperatures are warmer and summer temperatures are warmer and summer temperatures are cooler than areas located away from large water bodies. The result is a small annual temperature range.
Large oceans moderate the climatic temperatures of surrounding coastal land areas because the temperature of ocean water changes?
slowly high specific heat
Are large areas of water that jut into land.?
Oceans
Bodies of water have a moderating effect on land temperature?
Bodies of water have a moderating effect on land temperatures because in a moderate climate, such as Vancouver, Canada, the air from the oceans in the summertime is cooler and blows onto the adjacent land, whereas in the wintertime, the air masses from the warmer waters blows onto the nearby land and causes the land to warm up. Although, for a continental climate, such as Winnipeg, Canada, the exact oppostie happens. The cold air from the oceans blows onto the nearby land and thus makes everything cooler, and in the summer, the warmer air masses blows onto the land and makes everything warmer. This is also considered an extreme climate. Therefore, bodies of water regulate temperatures of the nearby land, and in cases of El Nino, have affects temperatures on a global scale.
Do oceans heat and cool down faster than land areas?
Oceans heat up faster than on land, but cools down slower.
Why does more water evaporate off of oceans than off of land?
Because the water area of oceans is greater than the water areas from the land.
Do oceans live in France?
Oceans do not "live in" nations or other areas of land. The Atlantic Ocean borders France.
Do oceans make the temperatures of nearby land more or less extreme?
Oceans make temperatures less extreme, was water tends to take a long time to heat up and cool down.
What has the greatest effect on determining the climate of a region?
Land feature and proximity to oceans has the greatest effect on determining the climate of a region.
What are the disadvantages for a Robinson projection?
Advantage: useful for displaying information across the oceans Disadvantage: land areas are much smaller than on the interrupted maps of the same size when allocating space to the oceans
