Deep Water Currents
Surface Currents
Go with the flow....
Global Winds
Local Winds
100
What does the term thermohaline mean?
What is temperature (thermo) and salinity (haline)?
100
What part of the ocean is considered surface currents?
What is the uppermost 400 meters (10%)?
100
Why is there wind?
What is uneven heating of the Earth by the sun?
100
What are the areas of calm?
What are the doldrums and horse latitudes?
100
The wind will always blow from ______ to ______.
What is high to low?
200
What two factors create differences in ocean water density?
Water temperature and salinity.
200
What is the main cause of surface ocean currents?
What are global winds, Earth's rotation, and ocean floor?
200
Describe the temperature and weather conditions in an area with low pressure.
What is warm and cloudy/stormy?
200
This causes winds.
What is unequal heating of the atmosphere?
200
Identify the type of breeze shown:
What is a sea breeze?
300
What two factors influence the salinity of water?
What are precipitation and evaporation?
300
This causes the Coriolis effect?
What is the rotation of the Earth?
300
What type of weather conditions would you predict with high barometric pressure?
Whats is clear, calm, stable, good weather?
300
The global wind pattern of the USA.
What is the prevailing westerlies?
300
Identify the breeze shown:
What is a land breeze?
400
Mild and more cool weather exists in Northern California as compared to eastern states at the same latitude. What is the reason for the difference?
What is a cold ocean current?
400
What are large looped systems of surface currents?
What is a gyre?
400
A type of current formed from warm air rising and cool air taking its place.
What is convection current?
400
Global wind pattern between the equator an horse latitudes.
What are the trade winds?
400
What type of local winds are shown:
What are valley and mountain breezes?
500
What type of relationship does salinity and density have?
What is a direct relationship? (As salinity increases, density increases)
500
What causes currents to bend right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere?
What is the Coriolis Effect?
500
What is the constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity as shown below?
What is the ocean conveyor belt?
500
What is the difference in the rate in which land and water heat up?
What is land heats up and cools down faster than water?
500
What causes local winds?
Caused by unequal heating of Earth’s surfaces within a small area.