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Oceanography Exam What ya’ gotta know…. PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY Density Water vs. air Controlling factors Displacement & salinity Thermocline Great Ocean Irony Upwelling Ocean Nutrient Enhancer Hypoxic Zone Global Ocean Conveyor Belt: What and why. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Oceanography Exam What ya’ gotta know…
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHYDensity • Water vs. air• Controlling factors• Displacement & salinity• Thermocline• Great Ocean Irony• Upwelling• Ocean Nutrient Enhancer• Hypoxic Zone• Global Ocean Conveyor Belt: What and why
Oceanography Exam What ya’ gotta know…
Pressure• How it causes ENSO• What it has to do with diving safetyBuoyancy• 4 dominant forces in ocean dynamicsTemperature• Causes for Gyres• Currents of North Atlantic GyreGravity• Types of Breakers• Ekman Transport: what is slowing the water?
Oceanography Exam What ya’ gotta know…
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Common elements of seawater
What forms salt?
Why is Ca so important to the world ocean-and our atmosphere?
How much C is absorbed by the world ocean?
Oceanography Exam What ya’ gotta know…
OCEAN GEOGRAPHY
• Basic locations of the 5 oceans
• Current route for the Volvo Ocean Race