Ocean Currents vocabulary and reading.

A large stream of moving water that flows through the ocean

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Movement of ocean water caused by density difference brought about by variations in temperature and salinity. As ocean water freezes at the poles it concentrates salt, and the colder, denser water sinks.

The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.

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Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

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an abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the Pacific Ocean and brings warm currents east.

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A climate event in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which surface waters are colder than normal.

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the degree of compactness of a substance. mass/volume

a cycle of motion of a fluid (gas and liquid) that is due to the fact that warmer objects are less dense than cooler objects

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A measure of the amount of matter in an object

The amount of space an object takes up