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What is the ocean's main role in the water cycle?
The ocean serves as the major source for evaporation of water back into atmospheric circulation. At the poles, they are also a source of fresh water as sea ice, but this does not contribute significantly to the production of water resources.
How is igneous rock transported?
Igneous rock is transported by wind or moving water until they are deposited in other regions where they settle in layers.
Where do plants in the ocean get carbon?
Carbon Dioxide dissolves in ocean water. Plants in the ocean use the carbon dioxide dissolved in the ocean water.
How can thermohaline circulation regulate climate?
It is gravity that drives thermohaline circulation. It's a gravity current. We usually apply the term thermohaline circulation to the deep ocean currents that are driven by gravity. Colder water or water that has a higher salt content than other water is more dense, and gravity will act on it to pull it "down" deeper. It will displace warmer or less salty water and move to greater depths. This sets the stage for a deep ocean current we call a thermohaline expressway. Use the links below for more information on gravity currents (which are sometimes called density currents)._______________________sflo:I would say this answer is limited in explaining what drives thermohaline circulation. Changes in density certainly affect circulation, particularly when water emerges from the deep or submerges to depths (upwelling and downwelling), but the effects of "gravity" on water masses of varying densities aren't a driver of circulation, per se. I would like to point that within the "thermohaline circulation," "thermo-" and "haline" are both components of the name. Thus in a more elemental manner, it makes more sense to explain this phenomenon by temperature and salinity differences, as well as the resulting changes in density, rather than merely "gravity."For a great snap-shot of our current understanding (or rather lack-therof) of the thermohaline circulation, what drives it, and how it affects or is affected by climate, please look-up:"Thermohaline circulation: The current climate" Nature421, 699 (13 February 2003) | doi:10.1038/421699a == ==
What is the vertical section of the ocean from the surface to the ocean floor referred to as?
This section of the ocean from floor to surface is called the water column.
By using information about the temperature and salinity of ocean water oceanographers can determine the?
By using information about the temperature and salinity of ocean water, oceanographers can determine the density, circulation patterns, and mixing processes within the ocean. This information is crucial for understanding how heat and nutrients are transported throughout the ocean, which in turn influences climate and marine ecosystems.
What is the driving force of deep-ocean circulation?
The driving force of deep-ocean circulation is primarily the sinking of cold, dense water at high latitudes due to its higher density. This process is known as thermohaline circulation, where temperature and salinity differences create variations in water density, causing water masses to sink and drive the global ocean circulation.
Circulation of ocean water is called?
Current
What is the circulation of water mostly responsible for?
Deep water ocean current
How much of water that falls on land comes from the oceans?
About 70% of the precipitation that falls on the land originates from the oceans. This water evaporates from the ocean surface, forms clouds, and is transported by atmospheric circulation patterns to eventually fall as rain or snow over land areas.
What is a possible cause that the Atlantic Ocean water is slightly less dense than the average water of any other ocean?
Thermohaline circulation is the process of cold water at the poles creeping along the ocean floor. It meets with north and south polar water creates a dawdling subsurface circulation.
What best describes the movement of heat energy in the global ocean?
Heat energy is transferred throughout the global ocean primarily through the process of convection, where warmer water rises to the surface and cooler water sinks. This creates large-scale ocean circulation patterns that help distribute heat around the Earth. Additionally, heat can also be transported horizontally through ocean currents, such as the Gulf Stream.
Why the ocean water was salty?
Salt is dissolved from the earth and transported by rivers in seas/oceans.
How are salts added to ocean water?
Salts are dissolved from the earth and transported by rivers in oceans.
What drives deep ocean currents are driven?
Deep ocean circulation(90% of ocean water) is caused by differences in temperature, salinity and suspended load. It is referred to as "Thermohaline"- meaning heat and salt- circulation.
Why is the ocean water salt?
Salt is dissolved from the Earth and transported by rivers in seas and oceans.
What do you call the circulation in ocean that brings deep cold water to the surface?
Ocean convection currents move the deep cold water to the surface of oceans.
