Surface Currents
Surface currents can reach depths of ____________ meters and lengths of several thousand kilometers
What is Several hundred?
East Australian Current is ______ ______ and _______ _______ than in the movie.
What are much bigger and much wilder?
___________ currents begin near the equator and carry ________ to other parts of the ocean
What is warm water?
Starting at a depth of about __________, the water temperature becomes colder as the depth increases.
What is 200 meters?
The highest point of the wave
What is the crest?
Surface currents are controlled by four factors: ____________
What is Global winds, the Coriolis effect, continental deflections, and the water temperature?
The East Australian Current flows along this part of Austrailia
What is East coast of Australia?
Surface currents ______ affect the climate in many parts of the world
What is greatly?
Deep currents are not controlled by ____ or the _________.
What are wind and Coriolis effect?
________ _______ are waves that require a medium
What are mechanical waves?
Blows across the Earth in surface currents.
What is Global winds?
The movie Finding Nemo would have you think that the East Australian Current is a ________ that you can jump in and out of as your thrill-seeking self desires.
What is a Narrow Jet?
Some surface currents warm and some cool _____ areas year-round
What is coastal?
Deep currents are mainly controlled by ____ ___ ____ ________.
What are increases in water density?
The distance between two adjust crests or troughs
What is Wavelength?
Just as with winds, the rotation of the Earth causes surface currents to move in curved paths rather than straight lines
What is Coriolis effect?
not the fast-flowing warp-tube as it’s portrayed in the movie Finding Nemo
What is the East Australian Current?
________ currents create _________ climates in coastal areas that would otherwise be much cooler (Iceland).
What is warm-water and warmer?
Cold air chills the water molecules at the surface, causing them to move closer together.
What is making water denser?
The two components of waves
What are crests and troughs?
one of the longest surface currents, transports 25 times more water than all of the rivers in the world and flows from Florida to Iceland
What is The Gulf Stream?
The East Australian Current transports a staggering __________ cubic metres of water southward each second.
What is 40 million
When currents meet land forms, they change direction. This is known as ___________.
What is continental deflection?
The ______ water moves along the _______ _______ and eventually travels toward the equator in the form of a deep current.
What are denser and ocean floor?
One example of a mechanical wave is ______.
What is sound?