surface currents
Nemo
currents patterens
Deep currents
Waves
100

movements of water that occur near the surface is called

 What is surface currents

100

The East Australian Current transports a staggering

What is 40 million cubic meters of water each second.

100

What do currents do when they hit landforms

What is change of direction 


100

Deep currents are not controlled by 

What is wind or Coriolis effect

100

Whats the highest point of a wave 

What is the crest 

200

what are surface currents controlled by?

 What are global winds, the Coriolis effect, continental deflections, and the water temperature?

200

How wide is the east Australian current

What is 100 km

200

Where does warm water currents begin 

What is the equator 

200

What are deep currents 

What is Stream like movements of ocean water far below the surface

200

What is the lowest point of the wave 

What is the trough 

300

what is one of the longest surface currents 

what is the gulf stream?

300

What current was in Nemo 

The east Australian current 

300

Where do cold water currents begin 

What is the poles 

300

At about 200 meters Water starts to become 

What is colder?

300

What is the vertical distance between the crest and trough of the wave? 

What is the wave height

400

what creates surface currents 

what are global winds

400

How deep Is the east Australian current

What is 1.5 km deep

400

Warm water currents create 

What are warmer climates in coastal areas

400

The denser water moves along the ocean floor and eventually travels toward

What is the equater 

400

What is wavelength 

The distance between two adjust crest or troughs.

500

the rotation of the Earth causes surface                 currents to move in what type of path 

What is curved paths 

500

How fast is the east Australian current 

What is 4.5 miles per hour

500

Coldwater currents create

What are cooler climates in coastal areas

500

Less-dense water always flows on  

What is water

500

Why do ocean waves form

What is friction between the wind and the surface of the water