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What are the parts of a coastal region? - Coast, offshore, beach, berm, notch, wave-cut platform What does wave energy do to a coastal cliff over time? - Wave Energy erodes the cliff, eventually creating sea stacks, caves and arches What do rivers and cliff erosion have to do with sand to the ...

The Water molecule and basic atomic structure? - 2 positive end hydrogen and one negative end oxygen what makes up the water molecule, the charges, the bond angle? - H end- positive charge O end- negative charge looks like a mickey mouse head What's so peculiar about this molecule? - The ...

How does heat affect density? - Hot water expands Which layer composes the plates? - Lithosphere In which tectonic setting(s) do trenches form? - Convergent, ocean-ocean, ocean-cont. What characteristic or process drives plate motions? - Sea Floor Spreading In what direction is the Pacif...

Euphotic zone - first 200 meters -where photosynthesis can take place -suns radiation can be absorbed Seed Plants - -true plants -not very abundant -grasses, eelgrass and surfgrass -mangroves -like warm, muddy waters -have a root system Protists - a) large algae(seaweed) -brown algae(k...

What is the origin of the Earth? - Formed out of a solar nebula What are the origins of Life? - Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth What is kinetic energy? - The energy of motion What is heat energy? - Energy created by particles of matter rubbing together What is density? - A m...

How was the solar system formed? - -a supernova (explosion of a start when it runs out of fuel) -4.6 billion years ago how was the earth formed? - -a nebula made of gas and dust -was formed 4.5 billion years ago how did oceans form? - -A volcanic expulsion - rained for thousands of years ...

Biological Productivity - the rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem; western margins of continents have high prosuctivity and the Artic has the most because of high levels of upwelling and downwelling bc there is no thermocline Photosynthesis formula - 6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight ---> C6 H1...

How Old are the oceans - 4 billion years How were atmospheres and oceans formed - outgassing and icy commets what is outgassing - when volcanoes erupt and water vapor is condensed and turned into clouds and rain What are the internal Layers of earth - lithosphere asthenosphere mesosphere...