Why does the ocean look flat?

The oceans are not ‘flat,’ in the sense of being planar. The ocean surface is an equipotential surface, i.e., a surface that is always at right angles to gravity, where gravity has the same value, and a surface upon which water will not flow.

Is the water in the ocean flat?

The sea level varies around the globe. Most people are surprised to learn that, just as the surface of the Earth is not flat, the surface of the ocean is not flat, and that the surface of the sea changes at different rates around the globe.

Why does the ocean look patchy?

Several things can contribute to this effect: cloud shadows on the water, algae plumes in the water, and/or sharp changes in water depth can all attribute to differing shades of ocean water. More rarely, schools of fish in varying sizes and shapes just under the water can cause the water to appear darker.

Is the ocean floor completely flat?

The ocean floor is not a flat, featureless surface. Plate tectonic theory is useful in understanding many features of the ocean floor. The Atlantic and Pacific Ocean floors are very different in terms of size and features. The features one would encounter crossing the Atlantic Ocean floor.

Why is the sea not flat?

Because the ocean is one continuous body of water, its surface tends to seek the same level throughout the world. However, winds, currents, river discharges, and variations in gravity and temperature prevent the sea surface from being truly level.

Why does the ocean have lines?

These lines are artifacts of the ocean floor mapping process. Oceanographers use sonar—sound waves—to map the ocean bottom. These sonar readings are typically taken by ships towing submersible devices that send out sound waves.

Why are the sea and ocean beds are not flat?

Just as the surface of the Earth is not flat, the surface of the ocean is not flat. For instance, the absolute water level height is higher along the West Coast of the United States than the East Coast. The surface of the sea changes at different rates around the globe.

Why is ocean so dark?

The ocean is very, very deep; light can only penetrate so far below the surface of the ocean. As the light energy travels through the water, the molecules in the water scatter and absorb it. In the aphotic zone; all that’s left of sunlight is a dim, dark, blue-green light, too weak to allow photosynthesis to occur.

Why is the water in Hawaii so blue?

The reason the ocean is blue is due to the absorption and scattering of light. Almost all sunlight that enters the ocean is absorbed, except very close to the coast. The red, yellow, and green wavelengths of sunlight are absorbed by water molecules in the ocean.

What’s under the sea floor?

Features of the ocean include the continental shelf, slope, and rise. The ocean floor is called the abyssal plain. Below the ocean floor, there are a few small deeper areas called ocean trenches. Features rising up from the ocean floor include seamounts, volcanic islands and the mid-oceanic ridges and rises.

Where does the ocean drop off?

continental slope
Many previously unknown features of the seafloor were discovered. Extending out from a continent’s edge is a gently sloping, shallow area called the continental shelf (F). At the edge of the shelf, the ocean floor drops off in a steep incline called the continental slope (A).

Is there more sea than land?

The more granite there is, the more continent there is, and the more of the Earth’s surface rises above the ocean basins. Water fills the basins. Right now, there is more basin than continent, and so more ocean surface than land surface.

Why are clouds flat at the bottom?

As warm air rises, the water vapour remains invisible until the air cools enough for it to condense into water droplets. The altitude where that happens marks the bottom of the cloud. Providing that more air feeds in from below, new cloud will form there and preserve the flat bottom.

Why does Earth appear flat?

Earth appears flat because it is flat. The reason it seams strange to us that the earth could be flat is because we have all been subjected the Mass Mind Control by the Nazi’s, since 1946 In the 1930’s, the Nazi’s were developing a radically different technology called Vrill.

Can we explain to intelligent adults why the Earth looks flat?

Yes, we can easily explain to all intelligent adults why the Earth looks flat, when it is actually round. But my question is, how can we explain this fact, that the Earth is round, to those people

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