ocean surface currents
streamlike movements that occur near the surface of the ocean.
surface currents.
EAC's most powerful traveling point.
The south pacific.
cause of continental deflection
when currents meet landforms.
something that controls deep currents.
They are controlled by the increases in water density.
two main wave components.
crest and trough.
The type of flow the surface currents go around the earth in.
distinct river patterns.
Length of EAC
100 km wide
The difference between hot and cold water currents.
The warm current begins near the equator the cold does not.
The type of movements that are deep currents.
stream like movements.
The reason ocean waves formed.
Because of friction between wind and the surface of the water.
creator of surface currents.
Global winds that blow across the earths surface.
The amount of water the EAC transports to the south.
40 billion cubic meters of water.
The cause of change in atmosphere.
some currents cool, while others warm the coastal areas.
The cause of denser ocean water.
salty or colder water.
A wave that moves through matter.
sound waves.
Longest surface current.
The gulf stream.
The direction the EAC flows from the great barrier reef.
The south.
The earths outcome if earth was covered in water.
currents would travel in a fixed pattern
A water volume decreaser.
The cold air chills the molecules at the surface causing them to move closer.
sound waves effect on humans.
hearing, the sound moves through matter and vibrates the eardrum
four factors that control surface currents.
Global winds, the coriolis effect, continental deflections, and the water temperature
Amount of olympic swimming pools it takes to cover the shore.
16,000 pools.
disruption in climate.
having cold temperature and warm temperatures in many different states.
The route the dense water travels.
Toward the equator in a deep current.
what do mechanical waves provide the us?
Energy.