Ocean surface currants
Streamlike movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called what?
Surface currants
Marlin rides on this turtle in the East coast of Australia.
What is Crush?
This is known as continental deflection.
What is currents meet landforms.
stream-like movements of ocean water far below the ocean surface.
What is deep curents.
crests and troughs make
what is waves
Surface currents are controlled by four factors, Name one.
global winds, the Coriolis effect,
continental deflections, and the water
temperature.
The depth of the East Australian Current.
what is 1.5 Km
_____ water currents begin near the equator and carry _____ water to other parts of the ocean
What is Warm water?
Deep currents are mainly controlled by
what is water density
The higest point
what is crest
The ______ is one of the largest surface currents in the world. Transports 25 times more water than all of the rivers in the world.
What is the Gulf stream?
Marlin and Nemos home.
What is the great barrier reef.
______ water currents begin closer to the poles and carry ______water to other parts of the ocean.
What is cold water
Temperature and salinity affect the.
what is density of ocean water.
The lowest point
what is trough
The Gulf stream flows from Florida to where?
What is Iceland?
The East Australian Current flows
what is the East coast of Australia
This causes changes in the atmosphere that disrupt the climate in many parts of the world.
What is war and cool surface currents.
Ocean water gets denser when
What is saltier or colder.
the distance between two adjust crests or troughs.
what is a wavelength.
What creates surface currents?
what are Global winds blowing across the Earth’s surface
The East coast of Australia transports how much water
40 million cubic metres
_______-water currents create cooler climates in coastal areas that would be much warmer
What is cold water
Surface currants carry
what is warm water
Waves that requiere a meidum
What is a mechanical wave