Ocean Surface Currents
Stream-like movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called Surface Currents.
Surface currents flow like rivers in distinct patterns around the Earth.
Deep currents are mainly controlled by increases in
What is water density
When currents meet land forms, they change direction
What is the Continental Deflection
stream like movements far below the ocean surface
what is a deep current
The East Australian Current transports a staggering ____ ____ cubic meters of water southward each second
What is 40 million
Surface currents are controlled by four factors:
What are global winds, the Coriolis effect, continental deflections, and water temperature?
Ocean water gets denser when it becomes ____ or gets colder.
What is saltier
What is the Continental Deflection
What are the Cold Water Currents?
things that affect the density of water
What is temperature and salinity
The current is almost ___ km wide,
What is 100
Flows from Florida to Iceland!
What is the gulf stream
Starting at a depth of about ____ ____, the water temperature becomes colder as the depth increases.
What is 200 meters
Create warmer climates in coastal areas that would otherwise be much cooler
Create warmer climates in coastal areas that would otherwise be much cooler
The trough is ____ point of a wave.
What is lowest
The current is more than ____ km deep.
What is 1.5
the rotation of the Earth causes surface currents to move in curved paths rather than straight lines Because of one effect.
What is the coriolis effect?
width
what is 100km
Begin near the equator and carry warm water to other parts of the ocean
What are warm water currents?
A wavelength is a distance between two ____?
What are trough or crest
The EAC is more of a ___ rather than a tube as it is depicted in the movie, Nemo.
What is a ribbon
Currents in the Southern Hemisphere turn
What is counterclockwise
How deep is the East Australian Current
What is 1.5 km deep?
Create cooler climates that in coastal areas that would be much warmer
What are cold water currents?
Wave height is the ____ distance between a wave's crest and its trough.
What is vertical
The EAC is depicted as ___
what is a tube