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what are its soil conditions

2006-10-18 12:26:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Homework Help

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No, and the soil conditions are in some places very rich in minerials, which enables micrscopic organisims to florish and grow in to a thriving microscopic metropolis.

2006-10-18 12:33:12 · answer #1 · answered by Miriam A. 2 · 0 0

I think you may be somewhat mixed up here.

Soil is defined as a mixture of minerals, humus (organic matter), air and water. Obviously a ocean cannot have soil as the air content is lacking underwater.

The Pacific does have sediments and these are deposited from rivers and glaciers onto the continental shelf, where they are sorted by tides and currents. Occasionally the sediments build up and then suddenly give way, causing undersea slumps, slides and a special gravity flow known as a turbidite. Sometimes vast undersea channels are formed by turbidite action (example being under the Gulf of Alaska). The ocean floor is mainly fine silts and clays. Larger rocks would only be found in relation to gravity flows and undersea volcanoes.

If you check a map, you will quickly see that the Pacific is a massive ocean which extended from Arctic to Antarctic regions. It will therefore have the polar seasons (summer / winter), temperate seasons (all four) and tropical seasons (dry / wet) depending on latitude.

2006-10-18 12:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by 13caesars 4 · 0 0

Huh? How could the Pacific or any ocean have "soil conditions"? No, the oceans do not have seasons. As the planet rotates and tilts, the seasons change depending on how far from the sun the earth is..

2006-10-18 12:35:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

What does soil condition have to do with seasons? Yes, the Pacific Ocean has seasons...everywhere on Earth has seasons.

2006-10-18 12:30:02 · answer #4 · answered by willow_raevynwood 2 · 0 0

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