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The navigation bar on the left will direct you between currents, waves, and tides.
What are the 3 major causes of currents?
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What are the 2 wind belts that effect currents the most?
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What is a gyre? ___________________________________________________________
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What are 2 things that effect the density of water?
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Saltier water is (more/less) dense than less salty water.(please circle)
Warm water is (more/less) dense than less salty water. (please circle)
Cold water travels on the (top/bottom) of the ocean and moves toward (poles/equator)? (please circle)
Warm water travels on the (top/bottom) of the ocean and moves toward (poles/equator)? (please circle)
What is a wave actually?
How do water particles move when a wave passes?
Where do waves get their energy?
The size of a wave depends on:
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Draw a series of waves labeling the following:
Crest, trough, wavelength, wave height
Can waves move things? Explain
Two forces that have the strongest influence on our oceans
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Which has the strongest influence?
What is a tidal bulge and what causes it?
The following diagrams show the Sun and the Earth. Draw in the moon during the two types of tides.
Spring Tide:
Neap Tide:
Where are the highest tides in the world?