Question

review questions

1. how is oceanography different from the standard individual biology, geology, or chemistry?
2. what are the differences between seas and oceans?
3. why is it important to be able to predict local sea levels in day to day?
4. give one possible cause for an increase in mean sea level.
5. you are visiting an ocean beach. what determines the width
6. is the continental rise part of the continental plate? explain.
7. what is the average depth of the abyssal plain?
8. where are the deepest spots in the ocean located? wha caused these to form?

Explanation:

Answer:

1. Oceanography is an interdisciplinary science that integrates biology, geology, chemistry, and physics to study the ocean as a whole, rather than focusing on just one of these individual fields in isolation.
2. Oceans are large, continuous bodies of saltwater that cover most of the Earth's surface, while seas are smaller, partially enclosed by land, and often connected to an ocean.
3. Thermal expansion of seawater as ocean temperatures rise (or melting of land-based ice such as glaciers and ice sheets)
4. The average depth of the abyssal plain is between 3,000 and 6,000 meters (typically ~4,000 meters).