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Oceans

Virginia SOL ES.10

Investigate and understand oceans as complex, dynamic systems subject to long- and short-term variations.

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What students need to be able to do

  • Explain how chemical, biological, and physical changes affect the oceans.
  • Analyze how environmental and geologic occurrences affect ocean dynamics.
  • Explain how unevenly distributed heat in the oceans drives much of Earth's weather.
  • Describe how features of the sea floor reflect tectonic and other geological processes.
  • Evaluate how human actions, including economic and public policy issues, affect oceans and the coastal zone including the Chesapeake Bay.