Ocean Surface Currents
Streamlike movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean
What is Surface Currents
Flows across the east coast of Australia
What is east Australia current
Warm water currents begin near this area and carry warm water to other parts of the ocean
What is the equator
stream-like movements of ocean water far below the ocean surface
what are deep currents
Waves are made of these two main components
what are crests and troughs
Causes Surface Currents
What are Global Winds
added just a little poetic license to the real ways of the ocean
What is Nemo
When currents meet landforms, they change direction
what is continental deflection
Deep currents are mainly controlled by increases in what
what is water density
A crest is the
what is highest point
transports 25 times more water than all of the rivers in the world and flows from Florida to Iceland
What is Gulf Stream
Speeds in the core of the EAC are among the strongest in the South Pacific and can reach a speed of how many miles an hour.
what is 4.5 mph
If Earth's surface were covered only with water, currents would travel in a fixed pattern across what
what is the Earth
Temperature and salinity affect the what of ocean water
what is density
the trough is the
what is lowest point
causes surface currents to move in curved paths rather than straight lines
what is the Coriolis Effect
The EAC flows in this direction away from the great barrier reef
what is south
Surface currents greatly affect what in many parts of the world
what is climate
Ocean water gets denser when it becomes
what is salty or colder
Mechanical waves are waves that require what
what is a medium
reaches depths of several hundred meters and lengths of several thousand kilometers
What is surface currents
The East Australian Current transports this amount of cubic metres of water southward each second
what is 40 million
Some surface currents warm and some cool coastal areas at what time
What is year round
Starting at a depth of about 200 meters, the water temperature becomes what as the depth increases
what is colder
Ocean waves form because of friction between
what is the wind and the surface of the water