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E:Ch 18- Oceans
Currents, Waves, & Tides
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6th Grade
01/31/2011

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Term
Ocean currents
Definition
a mass movement, or flow, of ocean water
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Surface Currents
Definition
1. When the wind blows across a body of water, friction between the water and air causes the water to move
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Surface Currents
Definition
Move only the upper few hundred meters of seawater
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Coriolis Effect
Definition
ii. Because Earth rotates east, winds appear to curve right in the N. hemisphere & left in the S. hemisphere
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The Gulf Stream
Definition
Used for quick transportation in the colonial times from America to England
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Upwelling
Definition
circulation
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Upwelling
Definition
Contains high nutrients that promote life
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Density Currents
Definition
deep water circulate b/c of difference in densities
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density increases
Definition
if the salt content is increased
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> (denser)
Definition
saltwater ___ freshwater
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< (less dense)
Definition
warm water ___ cold water
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greater (>)
Definition
The _________the density, the more it sinks
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Density=
Definition
mass/volume
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Antarctica
Definition
has the densest currents of all
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wave
Definition
a rhythmic movement that carries energy through matter or space.
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crest
Definition
the highest point of the wave
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trough
Definition
the lowest point of the wave
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Wavelength
Definition
the horizontal distance between the crests or between two adjacent troughs.
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Wave height
Definition
the vertical distance between crest and trough
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Amplitude
Definition
half the distance of the wave height
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forward
Definition
Only energy moves ____________while the water stays in the same place
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Breaker wave
Definition
When the crest of the wave outruns the trough, the water tumbles over itself and breaks
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Undertow
Definition
When a wave breaks and then rushes up the beach, it leaves the water on the beach with excess energy; returning flow of water tends to go under the sea's surface.
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rip tide(Current)
Definition
fast moving current that's difficult to stand still against
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Friction
Definition
______________causes the water to move along with the wind
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Tides
Definition
the rise and fall in sea level
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Tides
Definition
Caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon
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Tidal range
Definition
the difference between the level of the ocean at high tide and low tide.
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tidal bore
Definition
a wall of water that moves up certain low-lying rivers due to an incoming tide
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Spring tides
Definition
caused when Sun-Earth-Moon are lined up; the high tides are higher than normal
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Neap tides
Definition
when the Sun-Earth-Moon are at right angles; high tides are lower than normal
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