Analyze The Relationship Between The Temperature Of The Region And Rate Of Epapotranspiration

Ocean Ecosystem

There are many limiting factors in a marine ecosystem. These limiting factors interact in many ways to form different features and also affect the marine ecosystem. This paper analyzes the relationship between the temperature of the region and rate of evapotranspiration, the upwelling of water and the speed of wind, the ocean currents and the climate experienced, and nature of rocks and type of features formed.

The temperature of the surrounding region in an ocean is very important. When temperature is high, the evaporation from the surface of the ocean would be high (NSIDC, n.d). In addition, high temperature leads to high transpiration rates on the adjacent vegetation. When the evapotranspiration rates are high, the humidity

In a normal condition, denser water sinks while less dense water comes on the surface. The movement is influenced by both temperature variations and the movement of wind. In normal circumstances, the conveyer belt of the oceans occurs when water in region with lower temperature sinks and it’s replaced by water from regions with higher temperatures. The upwelling can be reversed when the conditions are right. When wind blows strongly over the shores of an ocean, denser water from the bottom of the sea comes to the surface of the ocean. Such occurs when the wind blows very strongly away from the shore as the surface less dense water moves; the denser water is forced to come up in an upwelling manner. For example, this process occurs in California, South America, South Africa, where the process is very critical in support of plankton growth that supports aquatic life in the regions. Upwelling is also common along the South and North Equatorial Currents (“High School Earth Science/Ocean Movements,”

These include abrasion and abrasions among others. When the coastal rocks are alternating soft and hard headlands and bays form. It is mainly common in discordant coastlines. This happens as the soft rocks are eroded to form the bays while the hard rock remains as headlands. The soft rocks may be eroded though abrasion or solution depending on the nature of the rocks. Caves can form when the seas shore is in contact with a soft rock underneath a hard rock whereby the soft rock is eroded leaving the hard rock handing (“Cool geogrpahy,”n.d). Examples of bays and head lands include the paradise bay, the Victoria Harbor, San Francisco bay,