Ocean Surface Currents
Streamlike movement of water that occur near the ______ ________.
Surface Currents
How wide is the EAC?
100km wide
When currents meet lands forms, they change direction this is known as __________ __________
Continental Deflection
Ocean water gets denser when it becomes ______ or gets ______.
saltier or gets colder
A _________ is the distance between two adjust crests or troughs.
wavelength
Surface currents flow like rivers in ________ ________ around the Earth.
distinct patterns
The EAC can have the speeds up to ______.
4.5mph
Currents by Antarctica would be ____ _______.
Cold Currents
Less dense water flows on what?
Water
____ ______ is the vertical distance between a wave's crest and its trough.
Wave height
Water temperature, continental deflection, Coriolis effect, and global wind control what?
Surface Currents
The EAC flows __________ from the Great Barrier Reef.
Southwards
Currents by the equator would be ____ ________
Warm Currents
Starting at a depth of about ___ ______, the water temperature becomes colder as the depth increases
200 meters
A _____ is the highest point
crest
The Gulf Stream, which is one of the longest surface currents, transports __ times more than all the rivers in the world.
25
What does EAC stand for?
East Australian Current
Warm and cold currents change year-round making the climate change ___ __________.
the atmosphere
The denser water moves along the ocean floor and eventually travels toward the equator in the form of what?
A Deep Current
The _____ is the lowest point.
trough
What is the longest surface current?
Gulf Stream
The East Australian Current transports a staggering ___________ ______ ______ of water southward each second.
40 million cubic meters
Deep currents not controlled by _____ or the ________ effect.
Winds or the Coriolis effect
____ ___ chills the water molecules at the surface, causing them to move closer together.
Cold air
A wave is defined as a transfer of?
energy