Ocean Currents Vocab

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Movement of surface and deep water in oceans

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ocean current

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Currents in the top 100m of the ocean

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surface current

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Colder, saltier, dense water sinks and circulates globally until it warms.

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deep current

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Surface currents are caused by wind friction over water.

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True

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Coriolis Effect impacts:

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surface current

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Curving path of a moving object due to Earth’s rotation.

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Coriolis Effect

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Nutrient-rich, cold water rises from the ocean's depths.

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upwelling

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Ocean currents deflected by continents.

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continental deflection

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Amount of matter in a space or volume.

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density

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Measure of dissolved salts in water.

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salinity