OCN 320

OCN 320 WEEK 6 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING Directions: Using Microsoft Word to save and submit your work, please complete the following assignment. Check Your Understanding answers should show in depth knowledge of the topic by presenting information in at least two paragraphs per question. Outside resources are highly recommended. 1. Although they move through all of the ocean, tides are referred to as shallow-water waves. How can that be?

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OCN 320 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION Explain what factors led to the Tsunami of 2004. If the east and west coast were an equal distance from the epicenter of the earthquake and no continents blocked either coastline, which coast would have the higher wave? Explain why you selected each coast.

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OCN 320 WEEK 5 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING Directions: Using Microsoft Word to save and submit your work, please complete the following assignment. Check Your Understanding answers should show in depth knowledge of the topic by presenting information in at least two paragraphs per question. Outside resources are highly recommended. 1. Although they move across the deepest ocean basins, seiches and tsunami are referred to as “shallow-wat

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OCN 320 WEEK 4 HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT Directions: Write a 3 page essay on the atmospheric and ocean circulation and links between global warming and hurricanes. The essay will be written in third person and have at least three outside sources. At least two sources must be peer reviewed journal articles. Please use the school online library to help in your research. The essay should also encompass a thesis statement and proper support the follow

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OCN 320 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION Every spring in the mid- and upper-lattitudes there is a substantial phytoplankton bloom in the Atlantic ocean. Explain the atmospheric conditions and vertical water movement patterns that contribute to this seasonal bloom.

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OCN 320 WEEK 4 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING Directions: Using Microsoft Word to save and submit your work, please complete the following assignment. Check Your Understanding answers should show in depth knowledge of the topic by presenting information in at least two paragraphs per question. Outside resources are highly recommended. Chapter 8 1. What factors contribute to the uneven heating of Earth by the sun? 2. How does the atmosphere resp

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OCN 320 WEEK 3 HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT Directions: Write a 3 page essay on the composition of seawater and how various constituents differ based in latitude and then depth. The essay will be written in third person and have at least three outside sources. At least two sources must be peer reviewed journal articles. Please use the school online library to help in your research. The essay should also encompass a thesis statement and proper support

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