
Hydrology Super Set
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- Q1WindWhat creates waves in the Oceans?30s
- Q2Global winds created by the uneven heating of the earth surface.What creates ocean surface currents?30s
- Q3Coriolis EffectWhat effect causes ocean surface currents and global winds to curve to the right in the northern hemisphere and curve to the left in the southern hemisphere?30s
- Q4Continental DeflectionWhat physically blocks ocean currents and cause them to change course/direction?30s
- Q5Away from the equator. They take warm water in the form of a river and move it to cooler areas.Do warm ocean surface currents move away or towards the equator?30s
- Q6Towards the equator. They return cool water back the equator so it can be rewarmed and circulated again.Do cold ocean surface currents move away or towards the equator?30s
- Q7It warms the air and creates a much milder (warmer) climate than would occur without the Gulf stream currentAs the Gulf stream currents reaches Europe, what impact does that warm water have on Europe's climate?30s
- Q8Up and down and round and round in circles.How do water molecules move in an ocean wave?30s
- Q9The highest part of a wave.What is the crest of a wave?30s
- Q10The lowest part of a wave.What is the trough of a wave?30s
- Q11The horizontal distance from the beginning of a wave until the end, then a new wave length begins. (From crest to crest)What is wave length?30s
- Q12Energy from the wind that is moving through the water.When you see a wave at the beach, what are you really seeing?30s
- Q13a process at which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to the gaseous stateevaporation30s
- Q14water vapor cools and becomes a liquidcondensation30s
- Q15when water in the form of ice, rain, sleet, hail, or snow, falls through the atmosphere to Earthprecipitation30s