Author Question: What thrusts water masses that are engaged in the thermohaline flow of the world's ocean? A) Density ... (Read 39 times)

itsmyluck · **on:** Aug 22, 2018

What thrusts water masses that are engaged in the thermohaline flow of the world's ocean?
A) Density
B) Gravity
C) Trade winds
D) Coriolis Effect

Question 2

What is the deepest feature in the ocean? Where is this feature located, and how did it form? Is this feature, and others like it, tectonically stable or tectonically active?

sabina576 · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

The deepest part of the ocean is the Mariana Trench, which is located on the east side of the Philippine Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Mariana Trench extends 11,022 meters (36,163 feet) below sea level. The Mariana Trench formed as a result of the convergence of two oceanic plates, and the subduction of the denser plate beneath the lighter plate. The Mariana trench and other ocean trenches are among Earth's most tectonically active geological features. Great earthquakes and tsunamis often originate in them.