OCN 320

OCN 320 WEEK 3 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING Chapter 6 1. What is the latent heat of vaporization? Of fusion? Which requires more heat to transform water’s physical state? Why? 2. How does water’s high latent heat influence the ocean? Leaving aside its effect on beach parties, how do you think conditions on Earth would differ if our ocean consisted of ethyl alcohol? 3. How does the seasonal freezing and thawing of the polar ocea

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OCN 320 WEEK 2 HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT Directions: Write a 3 page essay on the historical record of the ocean basins based on marine sedimentation. Choose a specific area (ie Caribbean, Hawaii, etc) and describe the various sedimentation research done in the area and the historical past confirmed by the sedimentation research. The essay will be written in third person and have at least three outside sources. At least two sources must be peer revi

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OCN 320 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION What do you think the consequences to global seawater circulation will be if Arctic and Antarctic regions begin to warm?

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