Surface Currents
a flow like rivers in distance patterns?
surface currents
how fast is the east Australia current?
4.5 MPH
What happens when. Warm water currents begin to carry warm water to other parts of the ocean?
Coldwater currents begin closer to the poles and carry cool water
What do Warm-water currents create?
warmer atmosphere.
A crest is the what of the wave?
the highest point.
stream like movements that occur near the surface?
surface currents
what coast does the East Australian Current run on?
east coast of Australian
currents travel in what pattern?
fixed patterns
Deep currents are not controlled by wind or the Coriolis effect what are they effected by?
Deep currents are mainly controlled by increases in water density.
the trough is the?
the lowest part of a wave.
what surface currents go from Florida to Iceland?
gulf stream
how many meters of water does the East Australian Current transports per second?
40 million cubic metres of water
where do the warm water currents start?
near the equator
denser water moves along the?
ocean floor
Wave height is the vertical distance between a waves?
crest and its trough.
what is the longest surface current?
gulf stream
how wide is the Australian current?
The current is almost 100 km wide
what happens When currents meet landforms and what is that called?
they change direction. This is known as continental deflection.
Deep currents are stream-like movements of ocean water were do they move?
far below the ocean surface.
Waves move in what patten?
circular pattern.
what four control surface currents?
global winds, Coriolis effect, water temp. and deflection
what shape is the Australian current?
It is more like a ribbon then a tube
If Earth's surface were covered only with water what would happen?
currents would travel in a fixed pattern across the Earth.
Ocean water gets denser because?
it gets saltier or gets colder.
what type of waves cook our food fast?
microwaves