Wave Diagram
The top of a wave.
What is the crest.
Have the smallest tidal range.
Neap tide.
Water begins to touch the sea floor and slow down.
What is shallow.
Caused by the interaction of earth, moon and sun.
What is tides.
Created when water breaks through.
What is a rip current.
The bottom of the wave.
What is the trough
Have the largest tidal range.
Spring tides.
Less dense also begins to rise
What is warm water.
Time difference between tides.
What is 12 hours 25 minutes.
Two types of currents.
What are surface currents and deep currents.
The bottom of the wave to the top.
What is the wave height.
Occurs when earth,moon,and the sun form a straight line.
Spring tide.
More dense and heavy.
What is colder water.
Creates a bulge of water.
What is a tidal bulge.
Brings up tiny ocean organism's, minerals and other nutrients from the deeper layers of the water.
What is upwelling.
The length from wave to wave.
What is the wave length.
Creates the weakest gravitational pull on the oceans.
Neap tides
These 3 factors create a wave.
What is wind, earthquakes, earths rotation.
Causes tides to happen.
Gravitational force.
Caused by differences in density rather than surface winds.
What is deep currents.
The distance from sea level to the top of the wave.
What is the amplitude.
Creates the strongest gravitational pull on the ocean.
Spring tide.
Tsunamis are most common in this area.
What is the pacific Ocean.
Amount of tides in a month.
What is four.
This current warms or cools the air above it, influencing the climate of land in the coset.
What is a surface current.