SALINITY AND DEEP OCEAN CURRENTS OVERVIEW Ocean currents arise in many different ways. For example‚ wind pushes the water along the surface to form wind-driven currents. Deep ocean currents are caused by differences in water temperature and salinity. In this experiment‚ the students will hypothesize the cause of ocean currents and then develop a model to explain the role of salinity and density in deep ocean currents. CONCEPTS Salt water is more dense than fresh water‚ and is therefore
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While the Indian Ocean and Silk Road were different as trade networks with respect to the spread of Religion and the process of travel‚ they were similar in terms of the spread of disease through trade. The Indian Ocean and Silk Road as trade networks were different in terms of the spread of Religion. Along the Indian Ocean trade network‚ Islam was spread. This happened through Indian merchants who brought Brahmin priests‚ Arab merchants who brought Muslim scholars and Christian merchants who
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Ocean Exploration What do you think about ocean exploration? I think that U.S. should do ocean exploration because there are many things that we could use from the ocean. The ocean has many things for us yet to discover. Soon I will talk to you about all the things for us to find and discover. Some are energy‚ fish‚ and medical advances that have not been discovered yet. One reason is how many fish and plants have we as Americans discovered. There are about 200 species of fish. But how many fish
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**List the more common ecological consequences to pollution in our oceans **Define sustainable yield **Define Exclusive Economic Zone **List the benefits and drawbacks of aquaculture **Define and explain the causes of eutrophication‚ red tides **List the main causes of ocean pollution **Define by-catch **Define precautionary principle **List the major consequences of global climate change on our ocean ecosystems **List the main ways we use global sea catch Ted talks: How I
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BU.450.710.52 – Tesla’s Blue Ocean Strategy – Page 1 TESLA: A BLUE OCEAN MARKETING STRATEGY Matthew Gazda‚ Vanessa Granville‚ and Ryan Schupp Marketing Strategy BU.450.710.52 Johns Hopkins University May 8‚ 2014 BU.450.710.52 – Tesla’s Blue Ocean Strategy – Page 2 Executive Summary Tesla is an innovative electric car manufacturer that intends to overturn the current gaspowered vehicle industry. CEO Elon Musk has masterminded a product that will compete
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Chapter 15 – Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts Key Point • Why does ocean water circulate? • How does the topography of the ocean floor change from a continental margin to the mid-ocean ridge? How are the oceans mapped? • How do ocean waves and breakers form? • How sediments are moved along a shore line and what coastal features are formed? • Be able to recognize both depositional and erosional coastal landforms Why should we study the oceans? • 70% of Earth’s
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seen an increased trend in pollution‚ especially in the ocean. You cannot hide or run away from plastic. Plastic is literally everywhere‚ from the clothes you’re wearing to even the IV bags used in hospitals. Do you see the toys your children are playing with? Yes‚ those are also made from plastic. Plastic has made itself into an everyday essential because it’s convenient and cost effective. Plastic isn’t the only thing that ends up in the ocean. According to the Rinkesh Kukreja‚ editor of Conserve
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The Effects of Ocean Acidification on Marine Life As humans‚ we often see ourselves as the top of the food chain throughout the atmosphere‚ being the creatures with the most influence on shaping our environments and the living conditions of ourselves and other life. With that power‚ also comes the responsibility to be aware of how our actions and how they affect the natural balance in the biosphere. Since the rise of the industrial revolution‚ however‚ we have a great flux in carbon dioxide fluxes
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Blue Ocean Strategy : Ipad and Kindle Fire This analyzes why Ipad and Kindle Fire are Blue Ocean products as oppose to Red Ocean products. Apple achieved a value innovation with Ipad‚ which led to the creation of a new market space. Apple drew the boundaries of the space by educating the customers on its usability. Amazon with its recently launched Kindle Fire targeted non-Ipad users and defined its own space by designing Kindle Fire as a media consumption device with salient features empowered
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Ocean City and the Outer Banks are two vacation spots that many people enjoy for different reasons. Both beaches draw in thousands of tourists to their shores every year. However‚ instead of calling it the Outer Banks‚ some may call it "the graveyard of the Atlantic." Writer Anne Siddons states‚ "On the Outer Banks of North Carolina there is a legend about the ships that have come to grief in the great autumn storms off those hungry shoals. Over the centuries there have been many; the Banks have
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