Surface Currents
Streamlike movements of water that occour near the surface are _____.
surface currents
How many cubic meters of water does the EAC transport every second?
40000000
Warm currents start near the _____.
equator
_____ currents are stream-like movements of water far below the ocean surface.
A _____ is the distance between two adjust crests or troughs.
wavelength
The water _____ controls surface currents.
temperature
How many olympic swimming pools worth of water does the EAC transport every second?
16000
Cold currents start near the _____.
poles
Temperature and _____ affect the density of water.
salinity
Wave _____ is the vertical distance between a wave's crest and trough.
height
Global
How long is the EAC in KM?
100
Iceland is lusher and greener than Greenland because of _____ currents.
surface
How deep do you have to go before the water temperature starts to get colder? (In meters)
200
Ocean waves form because of _____ between wind and the surface of water.
friction
Surface currents flow like _____.
rivers
How deep is the EAC in KM?
1.5
When currents hit land, they go around it. What is this called?
Continental deflection
Deep currents help _____ currents form.
surface
_____ waves are waves that require a medium.
Mechanical
Surface currents are partially controlled by the _____ Effect.
Coriolis
The EAC is more like a _____ than a tube.
ribbon
If the Earth was only water, the water currents would have a _____ pattern.
fixed
_____ dense water flows on water.
Less
A wave is defined as a transfer of _____.