Sign in to save your progress, vote, and build your own decks.Sign in
Oceans
25 cards·by alexandervitenson
What is a current?
Circular patterns in which the world's oceans travel.
What does the size of a wave depend on?
How far, how fast, and how long the wind blows.
What are tsunamis caused by?
Underwater earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides.
What can currents be compared to?
Rivers.
What usually makes currents different?
Density and temperature.
How do we know that the water nearest to the moon forms a bulge?
By direct observation.
Where else does the water form a bulge?
On the other side.
How many tides are there each day and what type?
4 tides, 2 high 2 low.
how much time is there between each tide?
12 hours.
What is a storm surge?
A storm surge is a rise in the ocean as a result of strong winds from a hurricane or other intense
storm.
What is the most dangerous part of a storm?
The flooding.
What is the average depth of the ocean?
12,200 feet.
What is the deepest point and where is it?
In the pacific ocean, the Mariana trench.
What is the highest mountain and where is it?
Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
What are shallow seas that cover gently sloping areas?
Continental shelves.
What is beyond the continental slope?
The abyss.
What are the deepest parts of the ocean called?
Ocean trenches.
What are streamlike movements of water called?
Ocean currents.
What are horizontal movements of water caused by wand and are caused at the ocean surface
called?
Surface currents.
What is the highest part of a wave called?
Crest.
What is the lowest part of a wave called?
Trough.
What are the distance between 2 crest or troughs are called
Wavelength.
What is the vertical distance between 2 crests and troughs are called?
Waveheight.
What happens to water when a wave of energy moves through it?
It becomes a wave.
Why are waves different sizes?
Because of the wind.