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ocean movement

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What is an horizontal steam like movements of water that occurs at or near the surface of the ocean is called? A surface current .
What is the Coriolis effect ? The apparent curving of moving objects from a straight path due to the Earth’s rotation.
Warm water current usually begin near the ? warm water current start near the equator.
Cold water currents usually start near the ? cold water currents start near the poles(north and south)
The density of the ocean is effected by? most effected by tempture and salinity
What kind of processes can increase salinity in the ocean there are 2 1)evaporation 2)freezing
what is a wave ? a energy that move vibration through the water.
2 thing that determine the size of a wave 1(a crest 2(a trough
as wave get closer to the shore they ? decrease
what are tides? the daily changing in the level of the ocean water that are cased by the earth sun and the moon
how many hours are the tides apart 12 hours
another name for high tides are called they are called bulges
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