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What is the part of earth where life exists and extends from the ocean floor to the lower atmosphere?
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What did Algae lower in the atmosphere?
Great blooms of oceanic algae, or phytoplankton, take carbon out of the atmosphere during photosynthesis. It is then taken deep into ocean with them when they die. Scientists say that this helped cool the earth during the ice ages by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it at the ocean floor, where it cannot be recycled back into the atmosphere.
The most abundant type of rock is?
Most of the rocks of the earth's crust are igneous, although sedimentary rocks usually cover them. Basalt is the most common type of igneous rock and it covers the ocean floor and thus, exists over two-thirds of the earth's surface!
What processes puts carbon from a forest floor back into the atmosphere?
Combustion.
Portion of the earth's crust that lies beneath the ocean floor?
The Sea Floor
Where is phosphorus stored in the biosphere?
Over extremely long periods of time, phosphorus-containing sediment is transformed into rock, buried deep in the ocean floor. Here, the phosphorus remains, not participating in the rest of the cycle. Most of the phosphorus on Earth is found here, at the bottom of the ocean as a part of the earth's crust.
What is the chain of mountains that extends into all of the oceans called?
sea floor spreading
What did Algae lower in the atmosphere?
Great blooms of oceanic algae, or phytoplankton, take carbon out of the atmosphere during photosynthesis. It is then taken deep into ocean with them when they die. Scientists say that this helped cool the earth during the ice ages by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it at the ocean floor, where it cannot be recycled back into the atmosphere.
What is the thin fold of mucous membrane that extends from the floor of the mouth to the underside of the tongue?
Lingual frenum
In which layer of the Earth is the ocean floor?
The crust contains the ocean floor and also the continents on Earth.
What is the thin thin fold of mucous membrane that extends from the floor of the mouth to the underside of the tongue?
Lingual frenum
What is the chain of mountains that extends into all of earths oceans is called?
The ocean ridge.
What extends into the ocean then drops sharply to the ocean floor?
The Continental Shelf ; see related link below .
The most abundant type of rock is?
Most of the rocks of the earth's crust are igneous, although sedimentary rocks usually cover them. Basalt is the most common type of igneous rock and it covers the ocean floor and thus, exists over two-thirds of the earth's surface!
What is the name of the relatively flat submerged portion of sea floor that extends from land to the continental slope?
It is the continental shelf.
What do you mean by earth pit?
Pits could be made indoors with a cushion and carpet floor or the earth pit which has no floor and the pit is made of earth and dirt.
What processes puts carbon from a forest floor back into the atmosphere?
Combustion.
Why doesn't meteor hit the Earth's surface?
Yes, they do. Just this week (January 18, 2010) a meteor crashed through the roof of a doctor's office in Virginia and landed on the floor of the examining room. Granted, MOST meteors burn up in the atmosphere and don't survive the passage. But some do.
