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20 Cards in this Set
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What is forced out of water when it freezes?
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Salt
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Water that melts from _______ in the ocean is pure enough to ______.
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Icebergs, drink
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As ocean water freezes, the salt "squeezed out" makes the water ____________?
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Saltier
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When the water becomes saltier, it becomes more _______ and this causes it to ________?
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Dense, sink
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Water tends to evaporate from oceans at the _______. It leaves the _____ behind causing the salinity to ______.
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Surface, salt, increase
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When the salinity of the surface water _______ (increases/decreases), it becomes ______ dense and _________ (rises or sinks)
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increases, more, sinks
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Surface currents temperatures affect the ________ in parts of the world especially the _________.
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Climate, poles
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The Gulf Stream, a _______ temp current prevents _______ _______ from being a frozen waste.
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Warm, North Europe
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The cool California current keeps the West Coast temp ______ even in the summer
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Cool
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Winds blowing _____ _____ the shore push _______ temp surface water out to sea.
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Away from, warm
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When warm surface water is pushed out to sea it causes _____ temp water to rise and replace it. This is called ____?
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Cool, Upwelling
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During upwelling, the water carries many ______ with it which helps tiny food organisms called ____ to grow.
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Nutrients, Plankton
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What is the period called after El Nino when Pacific Coast temps become unusually cool?
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La Nina
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What does El nino mean?
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Little boy
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What does La Nina mean?
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Little girl
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Most ocean waves are called by?
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Wind
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The highest part of a wave is called the ______ and the lowest part is the _________.
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crest, trough
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The distance between one crest to the next is called the ________.
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Wave length
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The distance from the bottom of the trough to the top of the crest is called the ______ ______ or __________.
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Wave height or amplitude
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The time between waves passing a given point is the _____ _____.
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Wave period
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