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What would Prevailing winds blowing from the ocean to a continental region do?
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Cause humidity
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When oceanic plunges beneath continental crust volcanic activity and earthquakes may result in which region does this occur?
The continental margins of the Pacific Ocean
What are the 3 main regions of the ocean floor?
The ocean floor is divided into the Continental Shelf, the Continental Slope, and the Continental Rise.
The ocean floor is divided into two major regions?
The two major regions are the continental margin and the deep-ocean basin.
What does nertic zone mean?
below the low-tide line; the shallow region that extends over the continental shelf. tehe : )
Which feature can be produced at an ocean continental convergence?
continental volcanic arc. :)
Region of shallow ocean water over the continental shelf?
neritic
What are the Maine three region of the ocean floor?
the continental Margin, Ocean Basin Floor and Mid-Ocean ridge :D
The majority of all resources from the ocean are located in which of the following region?
Continental Shelf
What is the region near the bottom of a pond lake ocean called?
continental slope
When oceanic plunges beneath continental crust volcanic activity and earthquakes may result in which region does this occur?
The continental margins of the Pacific Ocean
How is pacific coast different from the Atlantic coast?
As a general rule the water in the Pacific Ocean is colder than the Atlantic Ocean. Additionally, the Pacific coast has better waves for Surfing due to a narrower continental shelf, a steeper continental slope and inward prevailing winds. Another difference is that the Atlantic Ocean is deeper than the Pacific Ocean
How is the pacific coast different from the Atlantic coast?
As a general rule the water in the Pacific Ocean is colder than the Atlantic Ocean. Additionally, the Pacific coast has better waves for surfing due to a narrower continental shelf, a steeper continental slope and inward prevailing winds. Another difference is that the Atlantic Ocean is deeper than the Pacific Ocean
What is the smooth nearly flat region of the ocean floor called?
Abyssal plain. Earth science book.
What is the ocean zone that covers the continental shelf?
The zone of ocean under shelf and continental slope are continental.
What controls ocean currents?
Prevailing Winds.
Which is the ocean with the largest continental mass?
which is the largest continental mass lies in this ocean
What are the levels of the ocean called?
The continental shelf, continental slop and the ocean floor
