Upwelling
Upwelling brings this type of water to the surface
What is cold water?
Moving water caused by wind, density, or the earth's spin
What is a current
This makes cold ocean water sink and move—along with salt.
What is temperature?
This effect is caused by the movement of the earth
What is spin/rotation?
These move water throughout the earth
What are currents?
The beginning of upwelling is caused by this.
What is wind?
A current that moves Horizontally
What is a Surface Current?
The conveyer belt influences this around the world
What is weather?
The coriolis effect makes fluids do this
What is curve?
This current keeps Europe warmer than it would be
What is the Gulf Stream?
Upwelling brings up these, which helps things grow
What are nutrients?
A current that moves vertically
What is a density current?
More of this in water makes it denser and heavier
What is salt or salinity?
In the northern hemisphere, winds curve this way
What is right?
Ocean currents move energy and this around the world
What is heat/temperature?
Upwelling helps these micro ocean organisms grow
What are plankton?
A current that goes 400m below the surface
Surface Currents
The conveyor belt starts here—cold, salty water sinks and flows deep
What is the North Atlantic Ocean?
This effect helps make these storms
What is a hurricane?
Upwelling zones are a great place to catch these
What are fish?
Areas with lots of upwelling typically have a lot of these
What are fish? (or fisherpeople)
What are equatorial currents?
This can change the flow of the conveyor belt
What is melting ice?
This effect is strongest at these places
What are the poles?
This French scientist first explained the Coriolis Effect
Who is Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis?