Surface Currents
Flow like rivers in distinct patterns around the Earth
The East Australian Current does flow along the ____ coast of Australia
What coast does the Eastern Australian Current flow along
When currents meet landforms, they change direction.
What is a Continental Deflection?
Stream-like movements of ocean water far below the ocean surface.
What are Deep Currents?
Waves are made of two main components.
What are Crests and troughs?
Longest Surface current transports 25 times more water than all of the rivers in the world.
What is the amount of water that EAC transports southward each second?
currents begin closer to the poles and carry cool water to other parts of the ocean.
What are cold-water currents?
Deep currents are mainly controlled by increases in water density.
What are deep currents controlled by?
A crest is the ____
What is the hights point of a wave
It makes Currents in the northern hemisphere turn clockwise while currents in the southern hemisphere turn counterclockwise.
What is the Coralis effect
The East Australian Current is almost __ km wide and more than 1.5 km deep.
What is the width of the East Australian Current?
currents begin near the equator and carry water to other parts of the ocean.
What are Warm water Currents?
Ocean water gets denser when it becomes saltier or gets _____.
What are two things that happen when ocean water gets denser?
The trough is the _____
What is the lowest point of a wave?
Blows across the Earths surface and creates surface currents,
What are Global Winds?
Speeds in the core of the EAC are among the _________ in the south pacific up to 4.5 mph an hour.
What are the speeds in the core of the EAC among?
if Earth's surface was covered only with water, currents would travel in a ____ pattern across the Earth,
What moves in fixed patterns?
_____-dense water always flows on top of denser water.
What type of dense water flows on top of denser water?
A wavelength is a distance between _____
What are two adjust crest or troughs
Surface currents are controlled by four
factors: global winds, the Coriolis effect,
continental deflections, and the water
temperature.
What are global winds, coralis effect, continental deflections, and the water tempuature
The movie would have you think that the East Australian Current is a ______ jet that you can jump in and out of as your thrill-seeking self desire
What type of jet would the movie make you think the East Australian Current is?
Cold-water currents create _____ climates in coastal areas that would be much warmer.
What climate does cold water create?
Temperature and salinity affect the density of ____
What does temperature and salinity affect the density of?
Wave height is the_____
What is the vertical distance between waves crests and its troughs?