Ocean Surface Currents
Stream like movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called ____________.
What is surface currents?
Marlin and Nemo live in __________.
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?
______ are made of two main components - crests and troughs.
What is waves?
Surface currents flow like rivers in distinct patterns around the ________.
What is the earth?
Speeds in the core of the _____ are among the strongest in the South Pacific, up to 4.5 mph an hour.
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?
Deep currents are mainly controlled by increases in _________.
What is water density?
A _______ is the highest point and the _______ is the lowest point.
What is crest and trough?
_________, which is 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?
The East Australian Current transports a staggering ______________ meters of water southward each second.
What is 40 million cubic?
__________ currents begin near the equator and carry __________ to other parts of the ocean.
What is warm water?
Starting at a depth of about __________, the water temperature becomes colder as the depth increases.
What is 200 meters?
_________ is a type of wave that moves through matter and then vibrates our eardrums so we can hear.
What is sound?
Surface currents can reach depths of several hundred meters and lengths of several ____________.
What is thousand kilometers?
That is the equivalent of _________ Olympic swimming pools flowing along our coastline, every second.
What is 16,000?
Some surface currents ____ and some _____ coastal areas year-round.
What is warm and cool?
The denser water moves along the ocean floor and eventually travels toward the equator in the form of a _________.
What is deep current?
_____________ are waves that require a medium.
What are mechanical waves?
_____________ blowing across the Earth’s surface create surface currents.
What is Global Winds?
The ______ is almost 100 km wide, and more than 1.5 km deep – in fact, more like a ribbon than a tube.
What is current?
This causes changes in the _________ that disrupt the climate in many parts of the world.
What is atmosphere?
Less-dense ______ always flows on top of denser ______.
What is water?
A wave is defined as a transfer of ______.
What is energy?