Currents
What are currents?
The movement of water from one location to another.
What are tides?
Very long-period waves that move through the ocean in response to the forces exerted by the moon and sun.
What is the Water cycle?
The movement of water through the atmosphere.
What are waves?
A disturbance that moves in a regular and organized way, such as surface waves on water.
What are the locations of water?
The ocean, glaciers and ice, below the ground,& in rivers and lakes.
How are currents formed?
The vertical motion of the tides near the shore causes the water to move horizontally, creating currents.
How is a tide formed?
It is caused by the gravitational forces exerted on the earth by the moon & the sun
What powers the water cycle?
The sun/solar radiation.
How are waves formed?
Waves are most commonly caused by wind.
How can you find 1 location of water?
Search for signs of water underground.
What controls a current?
The earth, sun, and moons' gravity.
What 2 things control the high and low tides?
The Moon and Sun
What are the steps of the water cycle?
What are 2 parts of a wave?
The highest part of the wave is called the crest. The lowest part is called the trough.
What are 1 of the locations of water?
Groundwater
How many types of currents are there?
2
How many types of tides are there?
3
What is the most important step of the water cycle?
Evaporation
What is needed to create a wave?
Wind
How many locations of water are there?
6