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When Pangaea broke apart and the land masses drifted creating a process called?
When Pangaea broke apart and the land masses drifted, it created a process called continental drift. This movement of the Earth's crustal plates leads to the formation of new continents and ocean basins over millions of years.
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.
What is one of the seven large land masses of the earth?
Asia.Any one of these land masses is called a "continent".
How are indivisual water masses identified within the Ocean?
Individual water masses within the ocean are identified based on their distinct properties such as temperature, salinity, and nutrient content. These properties create different layers or masses of water with unique characteristics that can be tracked and identified through oceanographic measurements and modeling techniques. By analyzing these properties, scientists can distinguish between different water masses and understand their movement and mixing within the ocean.
What is the process of the ocean floor sinking beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle known as?
The process of the ocean floor sinking beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as subduction. This occurs at convergent plate boundaries where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another due to differences in density. Subduction zones are associated with volcanic activity and the formation of mountain ranges.
Why when water continuously circulates Why does salt remain in the ocean?
As water evaporates from the ocean, it leaves the salt behind.
How does warm water at the ocean surface become colder?
circulates from the bottom to the top
Is the bottom of the ocean is different from land masses because the ocean bottom is perfectly flat?
what is wrong with this sentence "the bottom of the ocean is different from land masses because the ocean bottom is perfectly flat."
How does ocean help to moderate the earths climate?
A few ways: 1. Water conserves heat 2. The Ocean circulates large masses of water with heat (see #1) or acording to my sciece book as the ocean is warmed by the sun water is evaporated into the atmosphere.
Do we get drinking water from the ocean?
Ocean water is converted to drinking water through a process known as desalinization (removal of salt).
When Pangaea broke apart and the land masses drifted creating a process called?
When Pangaea broke apart and the land masses drifted, it created a process called continental drift. This movement of the Earth's crustal plates leads to the formation of new continents and ocean basins over millions of years.
What is the process in which water circulates from the ocean to the clouds to the clouds to the land to the rivers and then accumulates back into the ocean?
This process is called the water cycle where the water in the ocean is heated by the sun and evaporates forming clouds. When the clouds are full and cannot take any more water they begin to rain. This fills the oceans once more and the water cycle begin all over again. Hope i helped ;)
What does ocean border?
The oceans border land masses.
What is the name given to masses of ice found floating in the the Antarctic Ocean?
Icebergs float in the Southern Ocean, and in the Arctic ocean.
Why did they name it ocean?
The word comes from Greek 'Okeanos' when little information was known about the Earth. Okeanos was a great river surrounding the disk of the Earth when only the land masses of Europe and parts of Asia were known
What large masses of land surrounded by ocean water?
continents
Can air masses be on ocean?
Yes, air masses can be anywhere as they can take on the characteristics of the surface whether it be land or water that they are over.
