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Ocean currents vocab
Question | Answer |
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Ocean current | Sream like movements of water in the ocean |
Surface current | An ocean current that occurs on the surface of the ocean |
Deep current | A current that occurs deep below the surface of the ocean |
Convection current | Movement of water caused by differences in density |
Coriolis effect | The deflection of moving objects away from a streight line. This is what causes the ocean currents to NOT travel in streight lines |
Upwelling | Currents that move away from a shoreline where cold water comes to the surface to replace warmer surface water. This type of current often brings water that is nutrient rich and very cold to the surface |