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