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What causes Earth's one great ocean to separate into smaller oceans?
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∙ 14y ago
It might just possibly be the fact that there are those pesky continents in the way.
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How does weathering affects earth's oceans and land in constructive and destructive ways?
how does weathering affect earths oceans and land in constructive and distructive ways
Oceans make up the earths layer called the?
Oceans are part of the hydrosphere. The hydrosphere is all the water on Earth at any given moment.
Where is most of earths surface water?
In the Sea/Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, Ponds, Puddles, Streams etc.
What is the term that describes all of the water o earths surface?
Salt water (in the form of oceans, seas and straits).
The continuous movement of water from earths surface to the atmosphere and back again?
water cycle
What causes the moon to pull on the earths oceans making an oval shape?
The gravity of the moon
What are the 5 smaller systems of earths global system?
Atmosphere, land, ice, oceans, and life.
How are the Earths continents linked together?
There is land beneath the oceans, tectonic plate boundaries separate land masses.
What causes high and low tides in earths oceans?
The rotation of the Earth and the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun.
What are the 6 of the smaller systems that make up earths global system?
Atmosphere, Land, ice, the oceans, and life!
Does the earths hydrosphere only include Earths oceans?
no not really
What percent of earths water is found in oceans?
97.5% of Earth's water is found in the oceans. 2.5% is found in freshwater lakes.
How does the moon and the sun effect the earths oceans?
The gravitational forces of the Sun and Moon, effect the earths oceans by forming tides.
What is a study of earths oceans?
oceanography
What is is the Smallest of earths oceans?
Arctic
How much of earths oceans cover earths surface?
70% or 80% of water covers the earths surface
What are the earths percent of oceans and seas?
72.1%
