Oceans and Weather
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| this percent of the surface is covered in water | 70
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| this percent is found in oceans | 97
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| amount of salt dissolved in water | salinity
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| this percent is frozen in water | 2
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| leaves this percent of fresh water | 1
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| a large amount of ocean water that moves almost like a river | ocean current
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| microscopic plants and animals | plankton
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| largest current in the ocean | Antarctic Circumpolar Current
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| two types of ocean currents | surface and deep water currents
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| movement of surface currents | wind action, earths spin,and the shape of the continent
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| movement of deep water currents | temperature and salinity of water
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| the temperature that is cold enough to freeze | -1.9
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| the rising of water from the deep | upwelling
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| surface winds coming off land can cause this | upwelling
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| a measure of how long it takes for a material to heat up or cool down | high heat capacity
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| moisture reaches the atmosphere through this | water evaporation
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| water eventually returns to the ocean by this | precipitation
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| the condition of the atmosphere at a specific time | weather
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| sun heats the surface of the ocean, some of this heat is transfered to the air above | convection
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| mass of warm air | thermal
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