Ocean Surface Currents
Stream like movements that occur near or at the surface of the ocean
What is Surface Currents
What direction does the Eastern Australian Current flow from the Great Barrier Reef
Southward
Currents travel in what pattern
Fixed Pattern
Where are deep ocean currents
Far below the ocean surface
What two components make up waves
crests and troughs
How do surface currents flow
Like rivers
How fast are the Eastern Australian Current
What is up to 4.5mph
What is continental deflection
When currents meet land forms they change direction
How are deep water currents controlled
Increase in water density
What is a crest
The highest point of the wave
The spin of the earth causes the currents to spin clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter clockwise in the southern hemisphere
What is Coriolis Effect
How much water does the Eastern Australian Current transport per second
40 million cubic meters of water
Where does warm water come from
The equator
What affects the water density
Temperature and Salinity
What is a trough
The lowest point of a wave
What creates surface currents
Olympic swimming pools
Why is Iceland so warm for being so close to the North Pole
Warm water currents travel along the coast and warm the air
What happens when water gets saltier or colder
Increase is density
Waves that require a medium
Mechanical Waves
What surface current transports twenty five times more water than all the rivers in the world
What is The Gulf Stream
The Eastern Australian Current is what shape
A Ribbon
What type of current goes through San-Francisco
Cold Water Current
Water temperature gets _____ as the depth gets deeper
Colder
What travels in a wave
Energy