EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Oceanography is the study of all aspects of the ocean. Oceanography covers a wide range of topics, from marine life and ecosystems, to currents and waves, to the movement of sediments, to seafloor geology. The study of oceanography is interdisciplinary. The ocean’s properties and processes function together.

Detailed explanation-2: -Oceanography covers a wide range of topics, including marine life and ecosystems, ocean circulation, plate tectonics and the geology of the seafloor, and the chemical and physical properties of the ocean.

Detailed explanation-3: -Related subjects: Geology and geophysics. Oceanography (from Ocean + Greek = write), also called oceanology or marine science is the branch of physical geography that studies the Earth’s oceans and seas. Oceanographers study a wide range of topics such as plate tectonics to ocean currents to marine organisms.

Detailed explanation-4: -In general use, the term “earth science” often includes the study of the earth’s atmosphere (meteorology or atmospheric science), the water flowing on and beneath the surface of continents (hydrology), and the earth’s seas and oceans (oceanography or ocean sciences).

Detailed explanation-5: -An oceanographer is a person who studies many matters concerned with oceans, including marine geology, physics, chemistry and biology.