Oceans
Something that describes the action of water moving up in the ocean.
What is upwelling?
This type of current voilently drags water out to sea and can be dangerous.
What is rip currents?
The name of an effect caused by the rotation of the Earth.
What is the Coriolis effect?
A property defining the number of atoms of something in a given space.
What is density?
The name of a system of movement at the bottom of the ocean carrying nutrients across the floor.
What is the Great Ocean Conveyer Belt.
This current is present near the top of the ocean and primarily rely on wind.
What is surface currents?
The Coriolis effect causes liquids to move ____ in the Northern Hemisphere and _____ in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is right and left?
The names of two parts of Earth that form the planet are divided by an invisible line.
True or False
Currents can only occur if large quantities of water are moving.
What is false?
The type of current responsible for carrying most of the water aroud Earth.
What is density currents?
True or False:
The Correolis effect does not impact great bodies of water but is the reason toilets flush in different directions depending on the continent.
What is false?
The movement of water in the ocean.
What is a current?