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| 2926 |
What currents warm cold areas?
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Warm currents.
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| 2927 |
What causes upwelling?
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Offshore winds.
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| 2928 |
Why NH oceans are warmer?
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More land contact.
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| 2929 |
Temperature change with latitude?
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Decreases poleward.
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| 2930 |
What forms mid-ocean ridges?
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Divergent plates.
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| 2931 |
What forms plains between margins and ridges?
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Abyssal plains.
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| 2932 |
Gradient of continental slope?
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2–5°.
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| 2933 |
What connects shelf and deep basins?
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Continental slope.
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| 2934 |
Gradient of continental shelf?
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1° or less.
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| 2935 |
Richest fishing grounds?
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Continental shelves.
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| 2936 |
Transition area between shore and deep sea?
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Continental margin.
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| 2937 |
Only ocean named after a country?
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Indian Ocean.
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| 2938 |
Busiest ocean for commerce?
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Atlantic Ocean.
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| 2939 |
Shape of Atlantic Ocean?
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S-shaped.
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| 2940 |
Shape of Pacific Ocean?
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Circular.
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| 2941 |
What forms when a spit joins land to an island?
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Tombolo.
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| 2942 |
What forms behind a bar joining two headlands?
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Lagoon.
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| 2943 |
What are long sand ridges projecting into sea called?
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Spits.
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| 2944 |
What are ocean waves?
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Energy movement.
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| 2945 |
What does “Tsunami” mean?
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Harbor waves.
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| 2946 |
What are slack waters?
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Stationary water before tides.
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| 2947 |
Why are mixing areas best for fishing?
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More oxygen and plankton.
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| 2948 |
What makes east coasts in tropics warm and rainy?
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Warm currents.
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| 2949 |
What type of water borders west coasts in higher latitudes?
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Warm waters.
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| 2950 |
What is the climate there?
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Foggy and arid.
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