Unit 2 Review: Waves, Currents, & Tides

Front

What causes surface waves?

Back

wind

Answer explanation

Most people think the largest waves occur in the Pacific Ocean, but actually, the largest wave (62.3 ft) occurred in the Northern Atlantic Ocean between Iceland and the UK.

Front

What do ocean waves really transfer?

Back

energy

Front

Surface ocean currents are generated mostly by

Back

wind

Front

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves

Back

clockwise

Front

A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surface.

Back

Surface Current

Front

Warm ocean currents generally come from

Back

The Equator

Front

What affects surface currents?

Back

Coriolis Effect, Continental Deflection, Global Winds

Front

Temperature and salinity differences in ocean water cause:

Back

Deep Currents

Front

The density of ocean water increases when it?

Back

Gets colder

Front

If water is more dense, it

Back

is heavier than surrounding water and will sink