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What is Kinetic Energy?
Kinetic Energy is energy that is in motion.
What is Potential Energy?
Potential Energy is stored energy.
Where would have less density the equater or the poles?
The equater.
What is a surface current?
Movement of ocean water at or near the surface.
Deep water currents occur to ______
Deep water currents occur to density.
What is Thermal Energy?
Thermal Energy is energy in an object that travels from hot to cold.
What are the three types of Thermal Energy?
The three types of Thermal Energy are Conduction, Convection, and Radiation.
Warm water______ and cold water_______.
Warm water rises and cold water sinks.
____ dense, warm water rises, and _____ dense, cold water sinks.
Less dense warm water rises and more dense cold water sinks.
Water with higher salinity will be __________
Water with higher salinity will be denser.
What is a Non-Renewable-Resource?
A Non-Renewable-Resource is a natural resource that can be used up or can't be replaced.
What is a Renewable-Resource?
A Renewable-Resource is a resource that can't be used up, some examples would be the sun, the wind, and water.
What is an Ocean Current?
The continual movement of Ocean water.
How much thermal energy is absorbed on Earth's surface?
50%
What is Salinity?
The amount of dissolved minerals in the water.
What is Conduction?
Conduction is energy that transfers through direct contact.
What is Convection?
Convection is the heat transfer through the circulation of a fluid which is a gas or liquid.
What is Radiation?
Radiation is energy that travels through electromagnetic waves or travels through space at the speed of light.
Warm water rises and cold sinks due to ______
Warm water rises and cold water sinks due to density.
What is upwelling?
The rising of seawater brings colder nutrient-rich water to the surface.
What is a Thermal Insulator?
A Thermal Insulator is something that inhibits or slows the transfer of thermal energy.
What is a Thermal Conductor?
A Thermal Conductor is something that allows thermal energy to transfer easily.
How do you calculate GPE?
GPE X Gravitational Field X Height.
What is the essential question or objective for what we are learning right now?
¨Why is the ocean water moving?¨
What does GPE stand for?
GPE stands for Gravitational Potential Energy.