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What is the primary energy source that causes warm moist air to rise over tropical oceans?
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The heat of the sun.
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What limits primary productivity in tropical oceans?
Nutrients are in deeper (colder) waters while light is in surface waters.
What is the primary energy source that drives Earths water cycle between the atmosphere oceans and land?
Sunlight.
What type of energy causes the evaporation of water from lakes oceans and rivers?
The kinetic energy of the molecules is the source; the evaporation increase of course at high temperatures.
Where are tropical oceans?
Tropical oceans encircle Earth in an equatorial band between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° North latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° South latitude).
Where do hurricanes usually form on Earth?
Usually in tropical areas like Jamacia, Bahamas.in tropical oceans
What causes deep currents?
Thermal imbalances between the tropical oceans and the polar oceans. (From yahoo answers)
Why do more hurricanes occur over tropical oceans than cold oceans?
because the tropical waters are warm and they provide ALOT of energy for hurricanes, cold water won't help at all
Were do stingray's live?
In tropical oceans
What limits primary productivity in tropical oceans?
Nutrients are in deeper (colder) waters while light is in surface waters.
What makes the tropical oceans unique?
they are the worlds hotest oceans
What causes surface oceans to be deflected?
Most ocean waves obtain thier energy and motion from
What do oceans cause?
tropical cyclones
What is the primary energy source that drives Earths water cycle between the atmosphere oceans and land?
Sunlight.
What source of energy causes these oceans currents?
The immediate source of most energy moving ocean currents is wind. The ultimate source of this energy is the sun.
What type of energy causes the evaporation of water from lakes oceans and rivers?
The kinetic energy of the molecules is the source; the evaporation increase of course at high temperatures.
Do tornadoes normally form in tropical oceans?
No, tornadoes most often form on land in temperate regions. Hurricanes normally form over tropical oceans.
Why are diatoms and other algae important to the ocean?
They are the primary producers that trap the Sun's energy and thus the basis of all life in the oceans.
