1min/max latitude value
-90/+90
2min/max longitude value
-180/+180
3Where are max and min latitudes located?
North and South poles
4Where are max and min longitudes located?
middle of Pacific, opposite the Prime Meridian
6How many ocean basins?
five
7Names of ocean basins?
Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Pacific, Southern
8Question maps by asking:
What is the map trying to communicate?
How does it communicate that?
9Features of our 3D world that can be distorted by 2D maps:
Area, Direction, Shape
10Characteristics/location of Continental Shelf
shallow water, gentle slope, submerged extension of continent
11Characteristics/location of Continental Slope
steep slope, between Continental Shelf and Abyssal Plane
12Characteristics of Abyssal Plain
mostly flat, majority of the ocean
13Avg. depth of ocean
4000m/4km
14What are mid-ocean ridges?
underwater mountains
15What causes mid-ocean ridges?
convergence
16What causes trenches?
divergence
17How do we determine depth of ocean/map the seafloor?
sonar
18Wegener's Evidence for Continental Drift:
Shape of continents
Linear mountain ranges
Paleoclimate evidence (striations)
Fossil evidence
19Who is the Father of Plate Tectonics?
Alfred Wegener
20What was Wegener's theory missing?
a mechanism
21How were mid-ocean ridges discovered and mapped?
Marie Tharp mapped Navy sonar data
22What characterizes a "garbage patch"?
higher concentration of plastic
23What is most of the plastic in garbage patches (what type)?
microplastics
24Names of convection cells
Hadley, Ferrell, Polar
25Where are Intertropical Convergence Zones (ITCZ)?
At the equator
26Where are the Horse Latitudes?
+/-30 degrees
27What are the results of temporal patterns in the flux of energy to our planet?
seasons
28What is a latitudianl gradient?
Latitudinal differences in solar energy
29What is the result of the latitudinal gradient in solar insolation on the planet?
It's colder at the poles
30What causes the latitudinal gradient?
spheroidal shape of the planet
31What causes convection cells?
energy surplus/deficit
32What happens inside of a convection cell?
Warm air rises until it cools off and comes back down
33How many convection cells in each hemisphere?
three
34Between which latitudinal values are the Tradewinds?
0 and +/-30
35Between which latitudinal values are the Westerlies?
+/-30 and +/-60
36Between which latitudinal values are the Polar Easterlies?
+/-60 and +/90
37Describe the latitudinal gradient in strength of the Coriolus Effect
strong near the poles, weak near the equator
38EBC in Pacific
California Current
39North Atlantic Gyre Equatorial Current
North Equatorial current
41NAG NBC
North Atlantic current
43Features of EBC
cold, slow, wide, shallow