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Sea breezes blow up the from the ocean towards the shore because?
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Which body of water does not reach the greek shore?
The body of water that did not reach greek shore is the Atlantic ocean.
Is a breeze always named for the direction that it came from?
Yes.... An off-shore breeze blows from the land towards the sea. An on-shore breeze blows from the sea onto the shore.
Why sea is of different color?
There are many factors which determines the color of the sea/ocean, The reflectivity of the water has an important role in the color of ocean.The color of ocean is generaly blue because the water reflects the image of the sky which is in blue color. But there are other factors also there which determine ocean color,The depth of the ocean,presence of colored algae and fine suspende solid particles. Near to the shore the nutrient suply from the land will be high and because of that the density of algaes and phytoplankton will be more which gives a different color to the water near to the sea shore.
How are neritic sediments different form pelagic sediments?
neritic is near shore an covers about 1/4 of the ocean floor and pelagic is deep ocean basin and covers the other 3/4 of the ocean floor
Is it true that an earthquake on the ocean floor can produce a tsunami which may grow into a huge wave as it approaches the shore?
true
What are cool breezes during the day caused by differences in the heating and cooling rates of land and water called?
off shore and on shore breezes
What direction does an undertow flow?
An undertow flows away from the shore, toward the open water.
Why do onshore and offshore breezes occur along the coast?
Even in the absence of major wind systems or rain showers, there will still often be a coastal breeze because sunlight heats land surfaces more rapidly than sea surfaces. During the day this generates rising air and a breeze blowing from the sea onto the shore. During the night, the land cools more rapidly so there is sinking air flowing from the shore to the sea. Daytime winds are generally sea breezes and night winds are generally land breezes.
Why are fish from the ocean come near the shore?
Why the ocean is next to the shore is because you need a shore to make a line or border to have a ocean, lake or a pond. Also those are just names given to those places, like house.
Why do you see tides near an ocean shore?
because out in the open ocean it is nearly impossible to tell if it is high or low tide, and tide is the height of water ON the shore.
How are the shore zone and continental shelf related?
They are related because they are part of the ocean
What ocean lies off floridas eastern shore?
The Atlantic Ocean is on Florida's eastern shore.
When the ocean washes farther up on the shore?
WHEN THE OCEAN WASHES farther up on shore
What is part of a shore that sticks out into the ocean because it is made up of harder rock is called what?
A headland is a part of the shore that sticks out into the ocean. Headlands stand out from the coast because they are made of harder rock that resists erosion by the waves.So technically, the answer is headland.
What is a part of the shore that sticks out in the ocean?
The rocky part of the shore that sticks out in the ocean is called a jetty.
What phrase described the US Colonial belief that settlers had the right and should expand from shore to shore from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?
Manifest Destiny describes the US Colonial belief that settlers had the right and should expand from shore to shore, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Are storms worse on a shore of the ocean?
they do more damage to the shore
