Ocean surface currents
Causes curved winds and currents
What does the coriolis effect do?
Along the east coast of australia.
Where does the eastern australian current flow?
Warm water rises, and cool water sinks.
Why are there surface currents?
Stream-like movements of ocean water far below the ocean surface.
What are deep water currents?
Crest and Trough.
What represents the highest and lowest points of a wave?
Water that flows like rivers, but in the ocean.
What are surface currents?
40 million cubic metres of water.
About how much water does the EAC transport per second?
The effect of currents changing direction if they hit a landform.
What is continental deflection?
The density and salinity
What affects the deep currents?
Forms because of friction between water and wind.
What are waves?
One of the longest warm surface currents.
What is the gulf stream?
Sydney, Australia.
About where does the EAC stop following the coast of australia?
Iceland's temperature, despite it's latitude.
Can you give an example of the effect of a warm surface current?
About ___ meters below sea level is where deep currents form.
200 meters below sea level is where what forms?
A transfer of energy.
What are waves?
Clockwise in the north, counterclockwise in the south.
What direction does the coriolis effect cause things to move in?
Circular surface currents that feed into themselves.
What are ocean eddies?
The equator.
Where do most surface currents start?
The end of the deep currents before they begin another cycle
What are the poles?
Matter for a wave to travel through.
What is a medium?
They are four factors that affect surface currents.
What do global winds, the coriolis effect,
continental deflections, and the water
temperature have in common?
100 ______ wide, and 1.5 _______ deep is how large the EAC is.
About how many kilometers large is the EAC?
Along the antarctic coast.
Where are the East and West wind drifts?
An example of low density water.
Would low salinity and high heat make water less or more dense?
The greek letter Lambda is used to represent this in waves.
What represents a wave's wavelength?