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Why is surface temperature of the oceans more variable than the water near the ocean floor?
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∙ 7y ago
Because Most Energy is EXCHANGED at the surface!
Heaven Wisoky
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∙ 8y agoThe sun's rays are absorbed by the water, warming it, and the water can also be warmed by the air at the surface. But as you go deeper, below a few dozen meters, the sparse sunlight that does penetrate has little effect on the water temperature.
The heating of the oceans, and shallow ocean floors, causes convection currents, as warmer water rises and colder water sinks. This creates substantial mixing in relatively shallow water. Both convection and wave action can mix water to several meters in depth, but below that the water can remain cold and dense, with less mixing and less oxygenation.
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∙ 11y agoThe surface of the ocean has a greater exposure to sunlight, wind, rain while the ocean floor is not exposed to such variable influences.
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∙ 9y agoSunlight in, radiation and convection out.
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Why is the surface temperature of the oceans more variable than the water near the ocean floor?
In order for temperature to change the involved heat has to have some place to go. The water at the bottom of the ocean is surrounded by ground and other water that are already at the same temperature. Where can extra heat go to? At the surface the air transports heat up and away so ocean heat can leak out (or in) to the water.
What flows from rifts in the sea floor and builds up high enough to break the oceans surface?
Lava
What is the opposite of the ocean bottom?
The opposite of bottom would be the top, so the oceans surface is the opposite of the ocean floor/bottom.
What temperature is the floor of the sun?
What do you mean with "floor"? The center of the Sun is around 20 million K, the visible surface around 6000 K.
What grows on the deep oceans floor?
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What is the main rock of the oceans floor?
basalt
What is composed of the continents and the oceans floor?
Earth's crust is composed of the continents and the ocean floor.
How are new oceans formed?
sea floor spreading
What layer of the earth's interior contains the highest mountains and the deepest oceans?
The Crust - The crust is Earth's solid and rocky outer layer, including both the land surface and the ocean floor.
What word rhymes with core and is a surface we walk on?
floor
What is the common rock in the oceans floor?
basalt is the common rock
What is the process by which the oceans floor sinks into the mantle is called?
Subduction.
