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ocean

miss. kock 7TH

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Why does the surface water sink and the bottom water rise? The warm water particles rise and the cold sinks.
In which states of matter can water exist in nature on earth? In a solid, liquid, and gas.
What cause the water drops to form? Strong forces between molecules.
What happens when you add sugar to water It gets really sweet.
What causes water's unique properties? The molecules.
What happens if you put water drops on a counter? Wet drops would form.
Why does ice float in water? water becomes less dense.
Why does ice float on the surface of a lake? It floats because the warm and cold cycle keeps happening and keeps freezing.
Why is river water sometimes salty when it is near an ocean? the two are mixing.
Two sources of earth's oceans are _______ ,_________&_______. condensation, asteroids, and comets.
Why are the earths oceans so salty? Water washes over rocks & dissolved minerals.
What are the names of the five of oceans? pacific, Atlantic, Indian, southern, Antarctic.
What is salinity? It is a measure of the mass of dissolved solids in a mass of water.
What is sea water? sea or oceans water.
What is brackish water? water or brack water, is fresh water mixed with sea water.
Three regions of continental margins are _______, ________, & ________. shelf, rise, slope.
Define ocean currents. It is a large volume of water flowing in a certain direction.
Prevailing winds influence the ________ & ________ of surface currents. formation, direction.
A circular system of currents is called a ? Gyre
Identify 5 major gyre? north pacific, south pacific, north Atlantic, south Atlantic, Indian.
In the southern hemisphere, currents curve to the right, in a northern hemisphere direction, this is called? coriolis effect.
In the northern hemisphere, currents curve to the left, in a southern hemisphere direction, is called a ? coriolis effect.
Describe density currents? carry water from the surface and takes it to deeper parts of the water.
Density currents are caused by? changes in density.
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