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Ocean Notes
25 cards·by MilesLax4
Streamlike Movements Of Water Are Called
Ocean Currents
Movement of ocean water located far below the surface
Deep current
Whats the amount of matter in a given space or volume
Density
What is the disturbance that transmits energy through matter or empty space
Wave
What is the highest part of a wave
The Crest
What is the lowest part of a wave
The Trough
What does dividing wavelength by wave period give you
Wave Speed
What are tides
Tides are daily changes in the level of the ocean water
What kind of tides form when the sun, Earth, and moon are aligned
Spring Tides
what is the difference between levels of ocean water at high tide and low tide called
Tidal Variations
What tides occur when the sun, earth, and moon form a 90 degree angle
neap tides
What does dividing wavelength by wave period give you
Wave-speed
What are high tides
The buldges that formin earth's oceans as a result of the moons gravitational pull
where do low tides form
In the areas between where high tides and low tides form
What two forces influence tides
The sun and the moon influence the tides
The distance between two adjacent wave crests or troughs is called the
Wave length
The vertical distance between the crest and the trough of a wave is called
Wave height
What is the measure of the amount of dissolved salts
Salinity
What is the transfer of energy as a result of the movement of matter called
Convection
What are three factors that influence currents
Global winds, The corolis effect, and Continental deflections
What are the horizontal movements of water that are caused by wind and occur at or near the ocens
surface called
Surface Currents
Which way do the winds blow near the equator
east to west
What is the deflection of moving objects from a straight path due to earth's rotation called
The corolis effect
when waves reach the shore, what is transferred to the beach enviroment
The energy from the waves is transferred into the beach enviroment
Why is the gravitational pull on liquids more noticeable than the pull on solids
It's more noticeable because water moves more easily