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Upwelling in Biology is the process in which nutrient rich soil that is located deeper in the ocean rises to the surface due to ocean currents and winds. This is important because it allows the organisms living at the surface to get their needed nutriends
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∙ 8y agoAn upwelling is a rising of sea water, magma, or other liquid.
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How does the process of upwelling affect the distribution of life in the ocean?
The water brought to the surface by upwelling tends to be richer in nutrients than the water it replaces--more nutrients, more life.
Which is an example of a vertical current?
upwelling current upwelling current
Explain the relationship between El Nino and upwelling?
El nino needs to be answered for real people anyway El nino mixes with upwelling and creates don't know but it can kill you
What is upwelling?
the movement of deep, cold, nutrient-rich water goes up to the surface. Up-welling can be rising of any liquid. water moving up from the benthic zone
What is the process of developing new technology?
the engineering design process
What is the process that brings nutrients to the surface of the ocean?
Upwelling
How does upwelling occur?
Upwelling is a process by which cold water is brought up from the depths of the ocean.
Upwelling and downwelling?
Upwelling is caused by currents on the surface. When water moves from the bottom of the ocean towards the surface it is called upwelling. Downwelling is when more dense water sinks. This process moves nutrients back to the deep part of the ocean.
The abundance of nutrients at the ocean's surface is a result of?
It is caused by a process called upwelling.
Which ocean process brings vital nutrients from the bottom to the surface waters?
"upwelling"
How does the process of upwelling affect the distribution of life in the ocean?
The water brought to the surface by upwelling tends to be richer in nutrients than the water it replaces--more nutrients, more life.
The process by which hot and cold air are transferred in the atmosphere is?
I think it is tides or upwelling?
What is the name of the process where rising cold water from deeper layers replaces warmer surface water?
upwelling
What are the two steps in upwelling?
The two steps of upwelling is
Which is an example of a vertical current?
upwelling current upwelling current
An upwelling brings nutrients from the floor of the ocean to the surface?
TRUE
How can you use upwelling in a sentence?
When my dad is mad, you can hear the upwelling in his voice.
