Great Ocean Conveyor Belt
Density/ Surface Currents
Upwelling
Ocean/ Rip Currents
Coriolis Effect
100
What is the Great Ocean Conveyor Belt
Circuit of ocean currents
100
What are density currents
Vertical Currents of water
100
What is Upwelling
vertical movement of water
100
What is a current?
Large volume of flowing water in one direction
100
What is the Coriolis Effect
Movement of wind and water on Earth
200
Where does it range
Worldwide
200
In which direction do density currents go
down/ south
200
What direction does upwelling go
North/ toward the surface
200
Where can you find rip currents
Beaches
200
In which direction do wind and water go
Left and right
300
What does it do
Transport water throughout the entire globe
300
What are surface currents
wind-driven currents
300
Does warm or cold water come from the bottom of the ocean
Cold
300
What are rip currents
Powerful surface curents
300
Which way does it turn in the Southern Hemisphere
Left or Counterclock-wise
400
Why is it important
It's a vital component of the global ocean nutrient and carbon dioxide cycles
400
In which direction do surface currents go
left or right
400
Where is upwelling most likely to occur
West coast of continents
400
How can you escape a rip current
Swim the opposite direction (to the side)
400
One example of the Coriolis Effect
Merry-go-round
500
Why would it slow down
As the current moves north, less evaporation occurs, and more freshwater is injected from heavier rainfall and melting sea ice
500
What is the formula for density current
500
What time of year does upwelling occur
Summer
500
Which direction do currents turn in the Northern Hemisphere
Clock-wise
500
What is the formula of the Coriolis Effect
