physics ocean test
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| Deep Ocean Currents | Currents that are caused by different density and salt content
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| Surface Currents | Currents that are caused by wind
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| Salinity | The amount of dissolved salt in the ocean
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| Density | Mass per unit of volume (mass/volume)
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| Tropical Zone | 0-30 latitude
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| Temperate Zone | 30-60 latitude
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| Polar Zone | 60-90 latitude
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| Sverdrup | 1 million m3/second
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| Thermohaline Circulation | The process that drives deep ocean currents
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| AMOC | Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
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| Coriolis Effect | What causes the curve of warm water trying to move towards the poles
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| Solvant | Substance that does the dissolving
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| Solute | Substance that is being dissolved
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| Marine | Referring to the sea
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| Current | "River" in the ocean
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| Circulation Patterns | Movement of water and air due to temperature differences
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| Climate | Temperature and rainfall over a long period of time
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| Gulf Stream | Warm current originates in the Gulf of Mexico and moves towards England
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| California Current | Cold current along the California coast
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| Life Zones | Where organisms live and distribute
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| Seasons | Spring->
Summer-> Winter ->
<- Fall
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| Plankton | Tiny organisms that gets carried by tides (algae, food, oxygen)
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| Benthos | Organisms that live on the ocean floor (crabs, clams)
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| Intertidal | The zone between high and low tides
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| Nekton | Forms of ocean life that swim (dolphins, whales)
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| Nertic | Zone with the largest amount of ocean life
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| Abyssal | Deepest part of the ocean (2000m -> 6000m deep)
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| Salt, Sunlight (Temperature), and Wind | What three things power ocean currents?
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| Transport Heat, Transport Nutrients, Transport Animals, Influences Civilization, and Powers Weather/Climate | What 5 things do ocean currents do?
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| Bathyal Zone | The region of the ocean floor extending from the edge of the continental shelf
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| Life Zone Diagram | A- Intertidal
B-Nertic
C- Open Ocean
D- Bathyal
E- Abyssal
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