Weather and Climate
How do ocean currents effect the climate of place they pass by?
They bring warmer or colder weather to a place depending on what kind of ocean current flows by it
the movement of water near the surface caused by wind
What is a surface current
Which way do gyres spin in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is a clockwise
The amount of salt in the ocean
what is Salinity
What is the term for the ocean floor becoming larger?
What is sea floor spreading?
Florida located near Warm or cold ocean currents tend to have warmer and more humid climates. This current is the __________________.
What is Warm & Gulf Stream
The movement of water far below the waters surface
What is a deep current
This type of current brings colder water to warm regions
What is a cold water current
When the amount of salt increases this happens to density
What is density increases
What forms when two plates collide?
What is volcanos and mountains
Regions located near cold ocean currents tend to have __________climates
What is cooler and dryer?
A circular current in the open ocean
What is a gyre?
The gulf stream travels past this place
East Coast of the United States
As temperature drops this happens to density
What is Density increases
The term for when two ocean plates are separating and moving away from each other
Divergent
This state located on the Western coast of the US, has cool and dry climate
What is California
The reason that ocean currents curve as the globe spins, rather than traveling in a straight line
What is the Coriolis Effect
surface currents are caused by this
What is wind?
What happens to the salinity of the water as ice at the north pole melts?
what is It becomes less salty and dense
The term for two ocean plates that are coming together which often forms volcanos
What is convergent?
England has this type of weather because of the Gulf Stream
Warm and humid
This happens when surface currents meet continents and change directions
What is continental deflections
Explain the Global Conyer Belt
What is the circulation of warm water from the equator traveling north and south and then sinking at the poles and returning to the equator
How is the ocean conveyor belt effected by global warming?
The melting ice at the north pole is adding fresh water and causing water to sink less quickly, slowing down the global conveyor belt.
Where is new ocean floor formed?
Closest to the ocean trench that it is spreading out from