UNTIL the interruption enforced by the outbreak of the War, investigations of the ocean floor and its foundations were proceeding apace with steadily increasing success. In three lectures delivered at the Unive
Which of these is the deepest part of the ocean floor? a. guyot b. seamount c. abyssal plain d. ocean trench Ocean Floor: The ocean floor has many different layers. The the ocean floor is divided up into zones that begin starting with the cont...
A. A group of animals B. A population of organisms C. A type of organism D. A habitat 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 C。species 是物种,是一种类型的生物。选项 A,a group of animals 是一群动物;选项 B,a population of organisms 是一群生物体;选项 D,habitat 是栖息地。反馈...
The Secrets of the Ocean Floor But, as US marine scientist Cindy Lee Dover points out in her eloquent book, ‘Deep Ocean Journeys: Discovering New Life at the Bottom of the Sea’ (1996), the seafloor is the “largest and least known wilderness on our planet. We know more about the ...
Seagrass,anunderwaterplantthatgrowsontheoceanfloor,isveryimportantforsealife.Italsohelpspresentglobalwarmingbystoringcarbon.aharmfulgas.However,scientistsdon'tknowexactlyhowmuchisatthebottomoftheocean.Withthehelpoftigersharks,ateamofresearchershasdiscoveredtheworld'slargestmeadow(grassland)ontheseafloorneartheBahamas...
The floor of the ocean is composed of basalt crust, or earth's top-most layer of thin rock. The floor of the ocean can be divided into four or five ocean bases based on geographical boundaries (e.g., continental margins, underwater mountains, and canyons), sediment composition (i.e.,...
Tales From the Ocean Floor - Chinese 海底之谣 通过绘制沉船地图,培养可持续发展能力,百慕大在保护历史、生物多样性和海洋遗产方面作出了榜样。 百慕大以短裤、大洋葱、帆船比赛和殖民地魅力闻名遐迩,是一个浪漫又私密,甚至笼罩着些许神秘色彩的岛屿天堂。这个位于北大西洋的亚热带群岛链也恰好是世界沉船之都,境内600...
Underwater photography is also important in mapping parts of the ocean floor. Around the edges of the continents the ocean floor is flat and the water does not become much deeper for about 30 miles. The area near the continents, where the water is not so deep, is the place where the ...
The floor of the ocean have many riches that can be used by man.Oil and chemicals and minerals already are taken from the sea.By using nuclear energy,ocean water can be turned into fresh water by taking the salt out.In the near future,it is possible for human beings to produce food fr...
The ocean is our lifeline, yet we know very little about it."Over 500 people have visited space, but only a handful have visited the deepest parts of the ocean. It is said that we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the ocean floor." ...