Ocean Surface Currents
______________ flows like rivers in distinct patterns around the Earth.
Surface currents
The East Australian Current is much ___ and ___ than in the movie
Bigger and Wilder
Currents would travel in ____ patterns across the earth.
Fixed
____ are stream like movements of ocean water
Deep currents
True or false
the trough is the lowest point
true
_____ blowing across the Earths surface cause surface currents.
Global winds
The East Australian Current transports a staggering ____ cubic meters of water
40 million
cold water currents begin near the ____
poles
water temperatures becomes colder as _____ increases
depth
_____ _____ is the vertical distance between a waves crest and its trough.
Wave height
______ causes surface currents to move in paths.
The radiation of the Earth.
Speeds in the core of the EAC are up to _____
4.5 miles per hour
warm water currents begin near the ___
equator
Ocean water gets denser when it becomes ____ or ____
saltier or gets colder
_______ waves are waves that require a medium
Mechanical
________ is one of the longest surface currents.
The gulf stream.
The Eastern Australian current flows southward towards the ______
Great Barrier Reef
when currents switch direction it is know as ______
Continental deflection
True or false
Deep currents are not controlled by wind or the Coriolis effect
true
A ______ is the distance between two adjust crests or troughs
wavelength
Name one factor that controls surface currents
Global winds, the Coriolis effect, continental deflections, and the water temperature.
true or false
The East Australian Current does not flow along the East coast of Australia
False
when currents meet land forms the change ______
direction
Deep currents are mainly controlled by ____ _____ _____
Increase water density
A ____ is the highest point
crest