Ocean Currents
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- Q 1/17Score 0a movement of ocean water that follows a regular pattern29OCEAN CURRENTS
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- Q1a movement of ocean water that follows a regular patternOCEAN CURRENTS30s
- Q2horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surface.SURFACE CURRENTS30s
- Q3An apparent deflection of moving objects when they are viewed from a rotating reference frame. This force causes moving objects on the surface of the Earth to appear to veer to the right in the northern hemisphere, and to the left in the southern hemisphere.CORIOLIS EFFECT30s
- Q4*MOVEMENT OF WATER LIKE A RIVER IN THE MIDDLE OF OCEAN WATER.DEEP OCEAN CURRENTS30s
- Q5https://o.quizlet.com/i/LXdNC5YFGeqFD7__iskjvg_m.jpg*caused by differences in density caused by salinity and temperature30s
- Q6The movement of deep, cold, and nutrient-rich water to the surfaceUPWELLING30s
- Q7a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas timeEL NINO30s
- Q8"Normal" year, easterly trade winds and ocean currents pool warm water in the western Pacific, allowing upwelling of nutrient rich water off the West coast of South America.LA NINA30s
- Q9a subsurface current that is near shore and that pulls objects out to seaUNDERTOW30s
- Q10A long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance.TSUNAMI30s
- Q11A change in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in which the surface water temperature becomes unusually coolLa Nina30s
- Q12The apparent curving path of a moving objects from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotationCoriolis Effect30s
- Q13The movement of deep cold and nutrient rich water to the surfaceUpwelling30s
- Q14A stream-like movement of the ocean water far below the ocean surfaceDeep Ocean Currents30s
- Q15A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by winds and that occurs at or near the ocean surfaceSurface Currents30s
