Dynamic Planet B/C

[LiteralRhinoceros]

this.
i wasted like 2 days on just researching water masses
and I know like 5% of what i typed up is relevant, but you never know right

^biggest problem with binders

[bp31000]

Where do you guys study for sensible and latent heat fluxes? Having trouble finding a place with a lot of information.

i am waiting for an answer for this question as well.....
one that i found was this
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseu ... 07_2.shtml

[adarsh]

I know it doesn't really say it in the rules, but do we need to study certain topics in biology?

[BennyTheJett]

Not really. It's more of a physical science event. Know about the differences between nekton, plankton, and benthos. Overall it's not a bio event, so there will be very little bio on a good test.

[whalesc]

I know it doesn't really say it in the rules, but do we need to study certain topics in biology?

There's usually not much, but I've had questions on coral reef or estuary ecosystems.

[Lei0]

Okay, so here's what I understand:

Swell waves are the standard sea waves, which are produced by fetch (I assume you understand fetch), while surf waves are waves being acted upon by the bottom that aren't tsunamis. I believe that surf waves are called surf waves because of surfers xD (@Hawaiians correct me if I'm wrong). There are I believe 2 main types of surf waves: Plungers and spillers.

*Disclaimer that I am just pulling this out of my memory so it could be completely wrong.*

Swell becomes Surf when they come near shore.

[jimmy-bond]

Okay, so here's what I understand:

Swell waves are the standard sea waves, which are produced by fetch (I assume you understand fetch), while surf waves are waves being acted upon by the bottom that aren't tsunamis. I believe that surf waves are called surf waves because of surfers xD (@Hawaiians correct me if I'm wrong). There are I believe 2 main types of surf waves: Plungers and spillers.

*Disclaimer that I am just pulling this out of my memory so it could be completely wrong.*

The word surf was developed around 1600 from the root word suff, which means "the shoreward surge of the sea." My guess is surfing developed after as the only use of the word outside of Tahiti and Hawai wasn't until the 1960s. Google is great.

[BennyTheJett]

Can someone explain how latitude determines the distribution of deep sea sediment deposition? It was on a test I recently took.

[ET2020]

Can someone explain how latitude determines the distribution of deep sea sediment deposition? It was on a test I recently took.

I don't think there is a direct correlation. Deep sea sediment deposition tends to be based on a variety of factors like primary production and distance to shore. Probably the best thing to do is put a map of sediment thickness in your binder.

[ET2020]

There was a question on an invitational test about residence time that I'm confused about. On the answer key, they subtracted the output of the element from the input in order to get "net input", then divided the total amount of the element by the net input to get residence time. I thought net input was supposed to be zero, since a nonzero net input implies a change in total amount, and that residence time is just total amount/total input. Am I missing something here, or did they just screw up?