The Role of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
HS-ESS2.C
Expii topics
- Role of Water: Wet vs. Dry Rock
- Ocean Circulation: Waves
- What Is an Ocean Wave?
- Tsunamis
- Breaking Waves
- Shallow vs. Deep Water Waves
- Currents
- Temporary Currents
- Longshore Currents
- Rip Currents
- What Is a Current?
- Global Current Patterns
- Ocean Conveyor Belt (Thermohaline Circulation)
- Upwelling and Downwelling
- Currents and Climate
- Effect of Currents on Local Climates
- El Nino and La Nina
- Ocean Chemistry
- Physical Properties of Seawater
- Ocean Temperature
- Ocean Pressure
- Seawater Density
- Components of Seawater
- Variation of Salinity in Surface Waters
- Salinity in Estuaries
- Ocean Nutrients
- Major Nutrients: N, P, Si
- Variation of Nutrients with Depth
- Ocean Gases
- Gas Solubility in the Ocean
- Ocean Oxygen
- Ocean Carbon Dioxide
- Seawater pH Buffering
- Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
- Freshwater Systems
- Advanced Biology: Water Cycle
- Groundwater
- Rivers and Streams