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☆☆☆☆☆The thermosphere is the first layer of the atmosphere where there are enough heavier molecules (oxygen) to absorb a significant anount of the Sun's radiation. Below the thermosphere, much of the heat is dissipated by convective currents.
Although technically "hot", the gas in the thermosphere is so thin that it can pass little heat to other molecules, and loss of heat by radiation would still cool objects in this part of the atmosphere.
the sun's radiation strikes it first
As waves approach the shore, interaction with the sea floor slows the waves down and the crests of the waves bunch up. They increase in height as the energy in each wave compresses into a shorter horizontal distance, but the period of the wave does not change. Eventually, the waves break.
Along cold water currents from the poles to the equator.
Mr poppins is coming
evaporation
An el niño may be occurring if the pressure gradient decreases and fish harvests in Peru are weaker than normal.
Gravity
Conductivity can be used to calculate the salinity of the water.
Eutrophication
The epipelagic ocean zone is most habitable.
IT is closest to the sun
The alluvial silt that covers the land during flooding increases its fertility. This is in addition to the ready supply of fresh water required for any large societal group.
An aquifer
A. travel sowly
B travel fast
C. travel very slowly
It is the distance is between bodies of water in temperate climates, or one's proximity, or 'closeness,' to the bodies of water.
The only difference - is the direction of flow. A sea breeze blows from the sea onto the land. A land breeze flows in the opposite direction.
Surface currents are caused by wind, and affected by the rotation of the Earth and the gravity of the moon (tides). When the oceans are deep, convection within the layers can also affect the flow of currents.
* While wind currents are greatly affected by uneven heating of the Earth's surface, there is no corresponding heating of the ocean bottom by the Sun. So currents do not form spontaneously at depth.
