Ocean Surface Currents
Stream-like movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean
What are surface currents?
EAC-Eastern Australian current flows ______ direction toward the barrier reef.
What is South word?
If Earth's surface were covered only with water, currents would travel in what patterns.
What is fixed?
stream-like movements of ocean water far below the ocean surface.
What is deep currents?
Waves are made of two main components.
What is crests and troughs?
Global winds blowing across the Earth’s surface
What creates surface currents?
The East Australian Current transports a staggering __________ cubic meters of water southward each second
What is 40 million?
When currents meet land forms, they change direction is.
what is Continental Deflections
Surface currents carry warmer, less dense water from the equator to the.
What is poles?
Is the highest point.
What is a crest?
these four factors control surface currents
what are global winds, the Coriolis effect,
continental deflections, and the water
temperature?
The current is almost 100 km wide, and more than 1.5 km deep
What is the EAC
Currents that provide warm water the other side of the ocean.
What is warm water currents?
This affects the density of ocean water.
What is temperature and salinity?
The lowest point.
What is a trough?
a surface current that flows from Florida to Iceland
What is the gulf stream
in what Disney movie is the EAC in a scene.
What is finding Nemo
Currents that provide cold water the other side of the ocean.
What is cold water currents?
Starting at a depth of about 200 meters, the water temperature becomes colder as the.
what is depth increasing?
The distance between two adjust crests or troughs.
What is a wavelength?
what causes currents in the Northern Hemisphere turn clockwise while currents in the Southern Hemisphere turn counterclockwise
what is the Coriolis Effect
The total amount of Olympic swimming pools in the EAC is.
What is 16,000?
currents create warmer climates in coastal areas that would otherwise be much cooler.
What is warm-water currents?
The denser water moves along the ocean floor and eventually travels toward the equator in the form of a.
What is depth current?
Waves that require a medium.
What is Mechanical waves?