How do the fundamentals of physical oceanography and meteorology make earth habitable ?

  The fundamentals of physical and meteorology oceanography make earth habitable because.

the climate and winds affect the tides and currents causing waves. The ocean holds most of the earths

heat and food sources. When the ocean reflects the extra heat, the heat goes into the atmosphere

creating rain to fall. The ocean also helps keep the earth at a constant temperature that keeps us from

 burning up or freezing to death.

When you are out in the ocean have you ever noticed how windy it is and how if you keep going

further out into the ocean you will notice the waves as they grow and become stronger. These winds

are created because of the wide open space of the ocean. There is nothing blocking the wind from

being slowed down. The winds help to keep the ocean moving from place to place throughout the

ocean. Winds get stronger as they cross through open space. The Arctic for example is extremely

windy because of all the open space across the ice. Other examples of high winds are open fields,

huge open areas and the ocean itself.

The winds go from high to low and low to high. The winds circle around on the outside of the earth.

The ocean adsorbs the suns rays and as the water heats so does the air. The heat circles around as heat

 releases throughout the air creating the warm air. The air tarps heat above the clouds, the clouds hold

moisture and when it rains that warm air comes down in rain form. The clouds are like heat trappers

that allow heat into the earth.

The oceans tides, currents and waves create are created by the movement of the moon everyday

 creating tides within the ocean. The tides differ in some parts of the world there will be some oceans

 that have two tides a day and others that will only have one at night or in the morning. The moon

changes the tides. As the moon comes out in the tide comes in and as the moon disappears the tide

goes out creating the tide change. Tsunamis within the ocean are created when the earth moves, also

 known as an earthquake cracks the crust of the ocean bottom moving the plates. The pressure that the

 quake causes upward pressure that pushes the water creating waves. The waves then grow as the

wind catches up to the waves and they push towards land. The currents also have an affect on the

 ocean.

The currents all move in different directions. The warm and cold waters collide at some points its

 called at gyre and its when the cold and warm air mix together creating a circular motion in the

ocean.

 The earth is habitable because. The ocean prevents world temperatures from getting to hot or too

 cold.  Without the ocean we would most likely be dead. Because the earth would burn up, the heat of

 the sun would make the earth to hot and the earth would disappear slowly. The ocean creates life for

the humans it does so much for us we should do the same and keep the ocean clean and well because

 if the ocean is affected so is earth itself affecting our air and our habitat.

A Beach By Another Name

  Physical and Geological characteristics are used to classify earths dynamic coastlines, using coastal classification by graphing and finding estuaries. The differences of the characteristics defer and can create changes on the ocean floor. Coastlines are different everywhere in the world, in every ocean, bay, delta and rivers.
   Coastal classifications are put into groups, primary and secondary coasts. The Shepard Coastal classification system was created to find the differences between coastlines in the ocean. Primary coasts are split into five different coasts types, Land erosion, Subaerial-deposition, Volcanic, Diastrophic, and Ice coasts. Florida for example has primary beaches caused by Subarial-Deposition and land erosion. Secondary coasts are put into three different parts Wave erosion, Marine-deposition and coasts built by organisms. Chesapeake bay is a secondary coast because there are marshlands and grasslands this means its a coast built by organisms. Coastal classifications are very important, they tell us what to look for and what the ocean floor is made of.
   Graphing estuary salinity profiles helped to show the differences between estuaries. Graph A explained the depth and salinity, the graph went across than up than across ending on points (10, 30.5). Graph B showed  a strait line ending on points (10,20). Graph C showed an staircase looking line which ending points are (10,30.5). Graph A was a coastal plain, Graph B was a Fjord and Graph C was a Tectonic Coast. graphing the estuaries helped explain how the estuaries effect the different places and sections in the ocean.
   Estuaries are considered as nurseries in the ocean, they protect organisms from currents and waves. Fish will go to the estuaries to lay eggs to keep them protected from predictors. there are four types of estuaries Coastal Plain, Fjords, Bar built and tectonic estuaries. San Francisco Bay is a coastal plain because its a small river into a big body of water. The Indian river is a tectonic because there are barriers holding in the water. Puget Sound is  a fjord because its a river. Biscayne Bay is a bar built because its man made land around the the ocean. Estuaries are very important to our oceans because they help to bring in life to the ocean, they keep fish protected and its a great place to go fishing.
   This activity helped me to understand the greatness of the ocean and how important estuaries are to the ocean and the sea creatures. I learned how different coastlines effect the ocean and all around the United States coasts. Coastlines are very different and help keep the ocean moving. If coastlines where all the same the ocean would not move as smoothly because all the different coastlines have effects on the ocean and without them the ocean would not be as it is today.