Coriolis Effect is
What IsJust as with winds, the rotation of the Earth causes surface currents to move in curved paths rather than straight lines.
Does the movie "Nemo" have anything that's realistic in it to do with "Eastern Australian Current"
What Is YES
If Earth's surface were covered only with water, currents would travel?
What Is in a fixed pattern across the Earth
Deep currents are mainly controlled by ____________
What Is increases in water density
A wave is defined as a transfer of ______
What Is energy
Why does the Coriolis Effect happen
Because of the Coriolis Effect, currents in the Northern hemisphere turn clockwise while currents in the Souther hemisphere turn counterclockwise.
The East Australian Current transports a staggering 40 _____ cubic meters of water southward each second.
What Is Million
Surface currents greatly affect the climate in many parts of the world. Some surface currents warm and some cool coastal areas year-round. This causes changes in the atmosphere that disrupt the climate in many parts of the world will it be Warmer Or Colder
The denser water moves along the ocean floor and eventually travels toward the ____ in the form of a deep current.
What Is the equater
Wave height is the ____ distance between a wave's crest and its trough.
What Is Vertical
Streamlike movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called
What is Surface Currents?
The movie would have you think that the East Australian Current is a narrow jet that you can jump in and out of as your thrill-seeking self desires. Is this true
What Is No
When currents meet landforms
What Is they change direction
As a result, the volume of the water decreases, and the water becomes denser. Starting at a depth of about?
What Is 200 meters
Waves move in a
What Is a circular pattern
The Gulf Stream, which is one of the
longest surface currents, transport ___
times more water than all of the rivers in
the world and flows from Florida to Iceland!
What is 25
The current is almost 100 km wide and more than ___ km deep
What Is 1.5
Earth, but Earth’s surface is not covered only with ____
What Is Water
_____________ affect the density of ocean water
What Is Temperature and salinity
Waves are made of two main components what are they
What Is crests and troughs A crest is the highest point and the trough is the lowest point. A wavelength is the distance between two adjust crests or troughs
Surface currents flow like _____ in distinct patterns around the Earth?
What is River
40 million cubic meters of water southward each second. That is the equivalent of _____ Olympic swimming pools
What Is 16,000
Warm water currents begin near the equator and carry warm water to other parts of the ocean
What is Coldwater currents begin closer to the poles and carry cool water to other parts of the ocean?
the water temperature becomes ______ as the depth increases.
What Is Colder
Ocean waves form because
What Is friction between the wind and the surface of the water