Ocean Currents
What color arrows represent warm water?
Red
The lowest part of the wave is called the _____.
Trough
Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the ____ and the ____.
Moon; Sun
Coral reefs, kelp forests, and sea grasses are the three types of marine communities of _____-____ biomes.
Shallow-water
Climate pattern that occurs across the tropical Pacific Ocean every 3-7 years.
El Niño
What color arrows represent cold water?
Blue
The highest part of the wave is called the _____.
Crest
Most areas of Earth have how many tides per day?
2
Rocky shores, sandy beaches, mangrove forests, and salt marshes are all examples of _____ biomes.
Intertidal
The ____ stream brings warm water from the Caribbean and the U.S. coasts across to Europe.
Gulf
Process when surface currents move water away from the continents it is replaced by water from greater depths
Coastal Upwelling
The difference between the trough and the crest is the _____ _______.
Wave height
A _____ tide is when the sun, moon, and Earth form a line, and the tidal range is maximal.
Spring
The open ocean includes free-swimming animals collectively called ______.
Nekton
What are the 2 major types of tides?
Slack & Ebb
The _______ Current brings cool conditions almost to the equator along the western coast of South America.
Humboldt
The _____ ______ is the distance from one crest to the next.
Wave length
A _____ tide is when the sun, moon, and Earth are at a 90º angle, and the tidal range is minimal.
Neap
Prop roots and Pneumatophores (A.K.A. aerial roots) are some adaptations of _______.
Mangroves
The ______ Current brings cool conditions almost to the equator along the western coast of South America.
Humboldt
The _____ stream transports about 1.4 petawatts of heat, equivalent to one hundred times the world’s energy supply.
Gulf
The _____ is the distance of open water that the wind has blown over.
Fetch
The tidal _____, the difference between the high and low tides, varies over a two-week cycle.
Range
____ ______ have a distinct zonation with more salt tolerant species in the low marsh closer to the shore.
When is Exam 1?
Wednesday, Feb. 12