Ocean Currents
Mass per volume OR the amount of stuff in a space
What is Density?
A stream-like movement of water?
What is a Ocean Current?
Two ways that ocean water can increase salinity.
What is freezing and evaporation?
The cause of surface currents.
What is wind, continental deflection, and the Coriolis effect.
The apparent curving of moving objects due to Earth's rotation.
What is Coriolis Effect
When a current changes course because a landmass gets in the way.
What is continental deflection?
How many surface currents are in the ocean?
There are MANY!!!
The loops or circulation of major currents.
What is a Gyre?
The place on Earth where ocean water gets warmed up.
What is near the equator?
How many deep ocean currents are in the ocean?
These objects are stuck in the surface current gyres.
What are garbage and the rubber duckies?
The cause of deep oceanic convection currents. (2)
What are differences in salt concentrations and Temp?
Salinity is
What is Saltiness or the amount of salt in an area?
The name of the DEEP ocean current.
What is the Global Ocean Conveyor Belt?
The place on the Earth where ocean water gets cooled down/becomes cold.
What is near the North and South Poles.