deep ocean currents
These currents are denser and colder
What are deep currents?
These are currents that are controlled by the wind
What are surface currents?
the apparent curvature of global winds
What is the coriolis effect?
How tightly packed molecules are refers to an object's ________
What is density?
Deep ocean currents are caused by differences in water temperature and ________?
What is salinity?
This is what causes the paths of surface currents to go in different directions
What is continental deflection?
The rotation of earth that makes winds/currents curve
What causes the Coriolis Effect?
What is cold?
These 2 factors help create deep ocean currents
salinity and temperature.
Surface currents are located near the ________ of the ocean.
What is top/surface?
This is a factor (other than temperature) that affects density of ocean water
What is salinity?
Deep currents flow toward the _______ of the ocean
What is bottom?
These 2 factors cause surface currents to be warmer than deep currents
1. the sun heats the ocean
2. heated water is less dense, so it stays at the top
This is the effect that causes both winds and currents to flow in curved (rather than straight) paths.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
This type of water is denser. Salt water or fresh water?
What is salt water?
This is the pattern that all ocean currents flow in around the world.
What is the global conveyor belt?
These are the 3 factors that cause surface current to form/flow.
1. continental deflection
2. global winds
3. the coriolis effect.
True or false: the Coriolis Effect "deflects" winds
true
This, along with freezing, can increase the salinity of ocean water?
What is evaporation?