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15 Cards in this Set
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Surface Currents
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Streamlike movements of the water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean
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Coriolis effect
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The curving path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to the earth's rotation
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Salinity
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Measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount
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Crest and trough
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Crest is the highest point of the wave, trough is the lowest
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Swells
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A group of long ocean waves that have traveled a great distance
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Gulf Stream
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Carries warm water from the tropics to the north atlantic ocean
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California current
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cold water is carried from the northern pacific
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el Nino
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a change in the surface water temperature that creates a warm current
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Spring tide
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A tide of increased range
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Neap Tide
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a tide of minimum
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Upwelling
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the movment of deep water to the surface
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Density of water
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becomes cold
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Wave height
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From the trough to the crest
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Compare surface currents to rivers
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Surface currents- Caused by wind. Rivers- Natural
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Breaker zone and surf
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Where the waves crash at the ocean floor.
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