Ocean Surface currents
Gulf stream
What is a long surface current which transports 25 times more water than all of the rivers in the world?
East Australian current flow
What is along the east coast of Australia
When currents meet land forms
What changes direction?
Deep currents
What are stream-like movements of ocean water far below the ocean surface?
The components waves are made of
What are crests and troughs?
Global winds
What blows across the earth's surface that creates surface currents?
Speeds in the core of the EAC
what are among the strongest in the South Pacific, up to 4.5 mph an hour?
warm water currents begin
What is near the equator and carries warm water to other parts of the ocean?
Controls deep currents
Crest
What is the highest point?
Surface currents
What are streamlike movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean?
How much water the current transports
What transports a staggering 40 million cubic metres of water southward each second?
Cold water currents begin
What carries cool water to other parts of the ocean?
How ocean water gets denser
What is when it becomes saltier or gets colder?
Trough
What is the lowest point?
flow of surface currents
What flows like rivers in distinct patterns around the Earth?
How deep is the current
What is 1.5 kilometers?
Climates created by warm-water currents
What are warmer climates?
the water temperature becomes colder starting at..
What is about 200 meters?
Wavelength
What is the distance between two adjust crests or troughs?
One factor that affects surface current
What is Global Winds?
How wide the current is
What is about 100 kilometres wide?
Climates created by cold-water currents
What are cooler climates?
Where the denser water moves
What is along the ocean floor and eventually travels toward the equator in the form of a deep current?
Wave height
What is the vertical distance between a waves crest and its trough?