Ocean Currents

What are the two types of ocean currents?

• Surface and Deep

• Small and Large

• Warm and Cold

• North and South

Draw the way the currents move in the northern hemisphere

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What causes surface currents to move?

• Fish

• Dinosaurs

• Tectonic Plates

• Wind

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What is a wave crest?

• Wave toothpaste

• The highest part of the wave

• The lowest part of the wave

• Waves moving clockwise

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Draw one thing that influences the movement of water in the oceans

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Draw on this image: If this is a saltwater ocean and that iceberg begins to melt, where will the water from the iceberg go?

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What affects the density of water?

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What three things cause waves?

What are cold currents?

• Currents that are cold

• Currents that are sick

• Masses of cold water moving toward the equator

• Masses of water moving toward the poles

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What are tides?

• Laundry detergent

• The rise and fall of water level in oceans and sea once or twice a day

• The waves that get tall enough to have a crest

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