Ocean Surface Currents
Stream-like movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean.
What is Surface Currents?
Speeds in the core of the ___ are
among the strongest in the South Pacific, up to 4.5 mph an hour.
What is EAC?
____________ begin near the equator and carry warm water to other parts of the ocean.
What is warm water currents?
Deep currents are mainly controlled by increases in __________.
What is water density?
_______ are made of two main components - crests and troughs.
What is waves?
One of the longest surface currents, transports 25 times more water than all of the rivers in the world and flows from Florida to Iceland.
What is The Gulf Stream?
Marlin and Nemo's home.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
When currents meet land forms, they change direction. This is known as ___________.
What is continental deflection?
_____________ are stream-like movements of ocean water far below the ocean surface.
What is deep currents?
A _____ is the highest point and the _____ is the lowest point.
What is a crest and trough?
They blow across the Earth’s surface creating surface currents.
What do global winds create?
The current is almost 100 km wide, and more than 1.5 km deep – in fact, like a ribbon than a tube.
What is the EAC?
If Earth's surface were covered only with ____, currents would travel in a fixed pattern across the Earth, but Earth’s surface is not covered only with _____.
What is water?
Ocean water gets ________ when it becomes saltier or gets colder.
What is denser?
A __________ is the distance between two adjust crests or troughs.
What is a wavelength?
Currents in the Northern Hemisphere turn clockwise while currents in the Southern Hemisphere turn counterclockwise.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
The East Australian Current transports a staggering _____ _____ _______ meters of water southward each second.
What is 40 million cubic meters?
This causes changes in the _________ that disrupt the climate in many parts of the world.
What is atmosphere?
Starting at a depth of about ________, the water temperature becomes colder as the depth increases.
What is 200 meters?
__________ is the vertical distance between a waves crest and its trough.
What is a wave height?
Flow like rivers in distinct patterns around the Earth.
How do surface currents flow?
That is the equivalent of ______ Olympic swimming pools flowing along our coastline, every second.
What is 16,000?
______________ greatly affect the climate in many parts of the world. Some surface currents warm and some cool coastal areas year-round.
What is surface currents?
Less-dense ________ always flows on top of denser water.
What is water?
______ is a type of wave that moves through matter and then vibrates our eardrums so we can hear.
What is sound?