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Where does the salt in the ocean go?
Water from the ocean evaporates into the atmosphere. Most of the water that evaporates from the oceans falls back into the oceans as precipitation, while about ten percent is transported over land and falls in the form of precipitation. Evaporated water molecule remain in the air for approximately ten days.
In what process does water move from the air to the land?
Evaporation is the process where water moves from the air to the land.
What is the force that moves water?
The primary force that moves water is gravity. Water runs down hill. The primary force that moves water vapor is solar radiation, which causes evaporation off earth's oceans and makes the wind blow, pushing around the clouds. These two things combined result in the water cycle. Water evaporates off the oceans, and falls back as rain, or drifts over the land and falls as rain, snow, or hail. This water then seeps into the ground as ground water, or runs off into streams, lakes, and rivers, eventually returning to the ocean--where the sun knocks it back into the atmosphere in the form of clouds again.
A land breeze usually originates during the?
evening and flows toward the water.
In coastal areas during the summer land heats up more than the adjacent body of water during what?
Daylight.
How are the land and the oceans affected during an ice age?
They are affected because the ice falls onto and into the water and land
How are land area and the oceans affected during an ice age?
They are affected because the ice falls onto and into the water and land
How are land area and oceans affected during an ice age?
They are affected because the ice falls onto and into the water and land
Do oceans gain or lose water?
It is a combination of both. Oceans gain water from water that runs off from land and from precipitation that falls on them. But they also lose water due to evaporation.
How did land bridges help people migrate around the world during during the ice ages?
During a glaciation, water evaporated from the oceans falls on the land in higher latitudes as snow. If the snow doesn't melt during successive cold summers it builds up and turns to ice. Repeated evaporation and snowfall causes the oceans to lose water over many years, this causes the level of the oceans to drop, revealing more land above sea level. What was previously a shallow sea becomes dry land, hence a "land bridge".
Why is the sealevel so low during ice age?
Ice is frozen water. It is evident that if a lot of the land is covered with ice then that ice had to come from somewhere. The only places it could come from are the oceans. Water evaporates from the oceans, it falls on high ground as snow and over time this compacts into ice. If water is being evaporated from the oceans and none is being returned then the water level drops.
What terms means the constant movement of the earths water from oceans to air to land and back to oceans?
Water cycle is the term for the constant movement of the earth's water from oceans to air to land and back to oceans
Why does the sea level fall during glacial periods?
The only way for sea levels to fall is if the water goes somewhere else. Where else could it go? It could remain on land, but only if it was frozen. That is the answer. If precipitation always falls as snow and hail and the climate is cold enough, like Antarctica, then the frozen water builds steadily up on land. More and more water comes out of the oceans and then falls frozen onto land, where it stays there.
Why does more water evaporate off of oceans than off of land?
Because the water area of oceans is greater than the water areas from the land.
How was the land bridge formed?
Land bridges aren't actually formed, they are already there but covered by the sea. When a glacial period starts, the water evaporated from the oceans falls as snow on the land and then compacts as ice which does not melt. Continual removal of water from the oceans over thousands of years causes sea level to drop and exposes the "land bridges".
What are the 4 reservoirs of water in the water cycle?
The four main reservoirs of water in the water cycle are the oceans, atmosphere, land, and glaciers. Water evaporates from the surface of the oceans and forms clouds in the atmosphere. These clouds then release precipitation, which falls on the land and can be stored in lakes, rivers, and groundwater. Some of the water also accumulates in glaciers and ice caps.
What term means the constant movement of the earths water from oceans to air to land and back to ocean?
Water cycle is the term for the constant movement of the earth's water from oceans to air to land and back to oceans
