Convection/Ocean Currents Vocab

The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• thermal

Global patterns created from the movement of the oceans; such as the Gulf Stream

• convection

• ocean currents

• wind

• salinity

The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a sturdy area.

• random
• design
• pattern
• chaos

originate in the polar regions and flow through surrounding water

• warm currents

• cold currents

• icebergs

• glaciers

Originate in tropical waters, and bring unusually warm conditions to the higher latitudes affected by them.

• warm currents

• cold currents

• equator

• beaches

A warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean

• California Current

• Antartic Circumpolar Current

• Gulf Stream

• Ocean Conveyor Belt

combination of deep ocean currents and surface currents

• Conveyor Belt Circulation

• Gulf Stream

• California Current

• Coriolis Effect

the amount of salt in water

• coriolis effect

• density

• salinity

• salty

Causes moving air and water to turn left in the southern hemisphere and turn right in the northern hemisphere due to Earth's hemisphere.

• ocean currents

• deep currents

• Coriolis Effect

• Gulf Stream

A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surface

• deep currents

• ocean currents

• salinity

• surface currents