what is this Streamlike movement of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called Surface Currents?
Ocean Surface Currents
The East Australian Current transports staggering meters _______ of water southward each second.
40 million
Current Patterns are covered in
If Earth's surface were covered only with water,
deep currents can cause
Temperature and salinity affect the density of ocean water.
how many componets
Waves are made of two main components
Ocean Surface Currents flow in what
Surface currents flow like rivers in distinct patterns around the Earth.
The East Australian Current transports staggering meters _______ of water southward each second.
40 million
what is this out of these Current Patterns and surface Currents, Warm water currents begin near the equator and carry warm water to other parts of the ocean?
Water Temperature
with one from this picture is the right one surface current, deep current
deep current
witch on is the section
waves
what is this from
Ocean Surface Currents
That is the equivalent of______Olympic swimming pools flowing along our coastline,
16,000
what is this thought currents
Surface Currents
deep surface Cold air chills the water molecules at the surface witch causing them to
move closer together
what height is it for waves
Wave height is the vertical distance between a wave's crest and its trough.
Surface currents are controlled by
four
factors: global winds, the Coriolis effect,
continental deflections, and the water
temperature.
The current is almost ____km wide,
100
Surface Currents with winds the rotation of the Earth causes
surface currents to move in curved paths
deep surface Starting at a depth of about 200 meters, the water temperature becomes colder or warmer
colder as the depth increases.
how many crests is there
. A wavelength is the distance between two adjust crests or troughs.
where is the longest
The Gulf Stream, which is one of the
longest surface currents transports 25
times more water
more than____km deep
1.5
Surface currents can reach
depths of several hundred meters and lengths of several thousand kilometers.
The denser water moves along the ocean floor
eventually travels toward the equator in the form of a deep current
crest is the
A crest is the highest point