When an underwater volcano erupts, what happens to its energy?
Waves and Currents Study Jams

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1.
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It becomes ocean waes.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Which is the name of a series of waves that is so powerful it can destroy a city?
Back
tsunami
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What causes the "push" that you can feel when you are in the ocean?
Back
currents
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Which describes the Coriolis Effect's effect on ocean currents? Options: The temperatures on land change deep-water currents, When an underwater volcano erupts, the energy makes new currents, The gravitational force from the Moon pulls surface currents, The wind moves the ocean's surface water and determines surface currents.
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The wind moves the ocean's surface water and determines surface currents.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What are surface currents?
Back
currents that move along the edges of continents
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Which of these is something that surface currents do? cause landslides, destroy cities, affect climate, all of the above
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affect climate
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What causes deep-water currents?
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temperature and saltiness
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