PPT-Chapter 24: Ocean Water Section 1: Properties of Ocean Water

Section 2 Life in the Oceans Section 3 Ocean Resources Salinit y measure of the mount of dissolved salts and other solids in a given liquid Thermocline marks the distinct separation between the warm surface water and the deep cold water. Vocabulary. Ocean Current. Coriolis Effect. Rip Current. Upwelling. Major Ocean Currents. An . Ocean Current. is a large volume of water flowing in a certain direction.. Wind-driven currents are called surface currents.. s. Warm. . currents flow . away. from the . equator.. Cold. currents flow . toward. the . equator.. Ocean Currents. Sun. Wind. Coriolis. Effect. Gravity. Factors Influencing Currents. Energy from the Sun heats the water.. Observations: Ocean. Janice Bytheway . ATS786 . September 15, 2014. Disclaimer. I’m not an oceanographer. I took an Intro to Oceanography course once in undergrad, but that was a long time ago. . Table of Contents. T. Lebrun. 1. , H. Massol. 1. , E. Chassefière. 1. , A. Davaille. 2. , E. Marcq. 3. , P. Sarda. 1. , F. Leblanc. 3. , G. Brandeis. 4. . 1 . Univ Paris-Sud, Laboratoire IDES, UMR8148, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, Bât. 504, Orsay, F-91405, France;. Actual Percentages. Water covers . 71% . of the Earth’s surface. The oceans contain . 97.25% . of all the water on Earth. 95% . of the ocean is still unexplored. 50% . of all know species are found in the oceans. Oceans cover _____% . of Earth’s surface (all water =75%). 71. 5 oceans. smallest. Largest & deepest. NEW. Make a BAR graph showing the . AREA (size). of the 5 oceans. Pacific 156,000,000 km. Oceans and Temperature. Ocean surface temperature strongly correlates with latitude because . insolation. , the amount of sunlight striking Earth’s surface, is directly related to latitude.. 1. Ocean currents carry warm water . This includes water in the oceans, lakes, rivers, wetlands, polar ice caps, soil, rock layers beneath Earth’s surface, and clouds.. The Hydrosphere. Chapter 3. Section 3 . The Hydrosphere and Biosphere. Plate tectonics review. Earth’s lithosphere is divided into large tectonic plates. They are constantly in very slow, motion.. Plate tectonics review. ____________ pushes the tectonic plates apart in sea floor spreading. This causes the motion of the plates.. Pg. 350. Oceans. Since ancient times, Oceans have provided many things:. Food. Trade Routes. Habitats. Exploring the Floor. Bathymetry. : is the study of depth contours on the ocean floor.. Sonar. . We Get Our Food from the Ocean. We Do this both directly and indirectly. We eat fish that is harvested from the ocean. We also process harvested fish for livestock feed. . We get Valuable Minerals from the Ocean. For much of human history, knowledge of the ocean and its currents was not recorded for many reasons - most sailors could not write and information was passed orally.. European nations began systematic ocean explorations but kept information secret between the 15. The Vast World . Ocean. Area of Continents and Oceans. Seventy one percent (71%) of the globe is covered with oceans or seas.. Continents and islands compose the remaining twenty nine percent (29 %).. Chapter 14. Page 364 – 387. Currents. Imagine that you are stranded on a desert island. You stuff a distress message into a bottle & throw it into the ocean, hoping it will find its way to someone who will send help. .