science ocean currents part three
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| what is a current? | a large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans.
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| what does a current do? | it carries water great distances. some currents move water at the surface of the ocean while others move the deep water.
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| things that can effect ocean currents. | wind, temp of the water, density of the water, el Niño.
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| what are surface currents? | is when the affect of water to a depth of several hundred meters, are driven mainly by winds. They move in a circular pattern in 5 major ocean basins.
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| what is the gulf stream? | largest and most powerful surface current in the north Atlantic ocean.
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| what is the gulf stream caused by? | strong winds from the west.
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| what does the gulf stream carry? | warm water from the gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean sea, then northward along the coast of the U.S
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| what is the coriolis effect? | the effect of earths rotation on the direction or winds and currents.
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| what does the coriolis effect do? | in the northern hemisphere it causes the current s to curve clockwise. In the southern hemisphere it causes the currents to curve counter clockwise.
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| what are deep currents? | they are caused by differences in density rather then surface winds.
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| what does density depend on? | temp and salinity.
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| what do the deep currents do? | they carry cold water from the poles back toward the equator.
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| what are the deep currents also affected by? | the colriolos.
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| what is el Niño? | abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the pacific ocean. it begins when an unusual pattern of winds form over the western pacific.
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| what does el Niño causes? | a vast sheet of warm water to move eastward toward the south American coast. it can last to 1 to 2 years before the usual winds and currents return.
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