Ocean Motion

Deep density currents form from

• tides and waves

• wind and precipitation

• temperature and salinity

• minerals and oxygen

How many high tides and low tides are there in a day?

• one each

• two each

• three each

• four each

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What is the Coriolis effect?

• Formed from slow waves depositing sand in shallow water

• Effect of Earth’s rotation on the direction of winds and currents

• Large streams of moving water that flow through the oceans

• High part of the wave

• Rush of water flowing back to sea through narrow opening

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What are currents?

• Formed from slow waves depositing sand in shallow water

• Effect of Earth’s rotation on the direction of winds and currents

• Large streams of moving water that flow through the oceans

• High part of the wave

• Rush of water flowing back to sea through narrow opening

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What is the crest?

• Formed from slow waves depositing sand in shallow water

• Effect of Earth’s rotation on the direction of winds and currents

• Large streams of moving water that flow through the oceans

• High part of the wave

• Rush of water flowing back to sea through narrow opening

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What is a rip current?

• Formed from slow waves depositing sand in shallow water

• Effect of Earth’s rotation on the direction of winds and currents

• Large streams of moving water that flow through the oceans

• High part of the wave

• Rush of water flowing back to sea through narrow opening

What are tides?

• The daily rise and fall of Earth’s waters on its coastlines

• Movement of energy through a body of water

• Number of waves that pass a point in a given time

• the vertical distance from trough to crest of a wave

• Low part of the wave

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What are waves?

• The daily rise and fall of Earth’s waters on its coastlines

• Movement of energy through a body of water

• Number of waves that pass a point in a given time

• the vertical distance from trough to crest of a wave

• Low part of the wave

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What is frequency?

• The daily rise and fall of Earth’s waters on its coastlines

• Movement of energy through a body of water

• Number of waves that pass a point in a given time

• the vertical distance from trough to crest of a wave

• Low part of the wave

What is wave height?

• The daily rise and fall of Earth’s waters on its coastlines

• Movement of energy through a body of water

• Number of waves that pass a point in a given time

• the vertical distance from trough to crest of a wave

• Low part of the wave

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