Ocean Movement and Currents Vid and Vocab

Front

Influence of ocean on weather and climate?

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The ocean absorbs solar energy and redistributes it as currents.

Front

Convection in oceans due to temperature differences.

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Rising of hotter, less dense fluids and sinking of cooler, more dense fluids.

Front

Define fresh water.

Back

Water in rivers, lakes, glaciers, and underground with low salt content.

Front

Define tide

Back

The rise and fall of sea levels due to the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun.

Front

Define salinity

Back

Saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water

Front

Define ocean currents

Back

Directional movements of ocean water

Front

Define gravitational pull

Back

Attraction between two objects due to gravity.

Front

Continuous movement of large amounts of ocean water

Back

currents

Front

Large systems of ocean currents rotating clockwise north of the equator and counterclockwise south of it.

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gyres

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Effect of Earth's rotation causing ocean currents to rotate based on equator position.

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Coriolis Effect