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Ocean tides are controlled by the moon's gravitational pull on the worlds oceans, a current is the flow of water in a somewhat circular system. a tide is like taking a bowl of water and tilting it so that one side is deeper that the other, and a current is like taking a mixer to it and stirring it around.
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When cool air moves off the ocean and onto dry land it is called a .?
sea breaze
How are amphibians different from repetiles?
Reptiles live on dry land; amphibians live on land as well as in water.
How is an ocean different from a continent and an island?
An ocean is an extremely large body of water, seven of which are on Earth. A continent is a part of the Earth's crust that moves around on the convection currents of the mantle. An island is a piece of land raised above the water.
Cool air moving off of an ocean and on to dry land?
This is an example of a sea breeze. Sea breezes occur when cooler air from the ocean moves towards warmer land during the day, creating a refreshing and cooler environment on the coast. This phenomenon is driven by the temperature difference between the ocean and the land.
Can hurricanes occur on dry land?
Not really. Hurricanes can only form over warm ocean water. Once they hit land they weaken rapidly and don't stay as hurricanes for very long.
Which region of Antarctica has more wildlife the ocean or the land?
The ocean. The land is too dry.
If all the ice melted and the tides stopped would water cover the earth or would there still be some dry land?
There would be some dry land.
What may cause a land region to dry even though it is near the ocean?
The winds that travel across land tend to be dry even if a region borders the ocean, the area might be dry.
. What may cause a land region to be dry even though it is near the ocean?
The winds that travel across land tend to be dry even if a region borders the ocean, the area might be dry.
What is the end of the ocean floor called?
Dry land
A seasonal wind that blows from the land to the ocean during the dry season and from the ocean to the land in the wet season?
Monsoon
What is the analogy for wet is to dry as ocean is to?
The analogy for wet is to dry as ocean is to desert. Wet and dry are opposites, just like ocean and desert. Plus, deserts are known for being dry, just like how oceans are known for being wet. It's as simple as that, honey.
When cool air moves off the ocean and onto dry land it is called a .?
sea breaze
Why there is water in the ocean?
There is a lot of water on earth. The ocean is just a huge basin that hold all of it. Only the highest land can escape from the water and become what is now known as dry land
What ocean lies north of greenland?
Actually, some dry land lies north of Finland. It is called Norway. North of that lies the Arctic Ocean.
Is a beach a landscape?
Landscape, by definition, exists on dry land, not in the ocean. The ocean floor might be described as a sea-scape.
Moisture-laden winds blowing from the ocean to the land give India very wet summers In the winter the winds blow in the opposite direction and it is dry What are those winds called?
The moisture-laden winds blowing from the ocean to the land are called the southwest monsoon winds. In winter, the dry winds blowing from land to ocean are called the northeast monsoon winds.
