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11 Cards in this Set
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Define salinity.
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The amount of salt content in water
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Define potable.
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If water is drinkable or not
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Define heat capacity.
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The amount of heat an object can hold before it rises 1 degrees
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Define solute.
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It is the substance being dissolved
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Define solution.
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A mix of a solute and solvent
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Define solvent.
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It is the substance doing the dissolving
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What is a continental shelf?
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A continental shelf is a shallow area of water around a continent.
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What is convection?
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The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency if hotter and less dense material to rise, and colder, dense material to sink.
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How does the Coriolis effect relate to ocean current movements?
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The Coriolis effect causes ocean currents to form gyres that flow clockwise in the north and counter clockwise in the south.
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Explain why your feet burn on sand on a sunny day but not in water.
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This is all because water has a higher heat capacity than sand. It can hold more heat and takes a much longer time to increase by 1 degrees.
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Name five factors that affect ocean currents.
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-Earth's rotation
-Wind -Density of water (salinity) -Shape of the ocean floor (gravity) |
