Coasts

Question 1

What are surface currents driven by?

Answer 1

atmospheric circulation

• gyres
• coriolis force

Question 2

What are the two gyres of the world and how do they flow?

Answer 2

North Atlantic-clockwise

South Atlantic-counterclockwise

Question 3

Type of Flow in Northern Hemisphere

Answer 3

clockwise

Question 4

Type of Flow in Southern Hemisphere

Answer 4

counterclockwise

Question 5

Ekman Spiral

Answer 5

is a complex interaction between wind, water, and coriolis forces that results in a net transport of water at 90 degrees

Question 6

What does upwelling influence?

Answer 6

nutrients
food chain
migration routes

Question 7

What is algal blooming induced by?

Answer 7

deep water upwelling

Question 8

Deep water currents

Answer 8

high latitude deepwater formation

function of temperature, density, and salinity

Question 9

Are coast dynamic?

Answer 9

yes ,highly

Question 10

Surf zone

Answer 10

-area between the breaking waves and the swash zone along the shore

Question 11

Breaker zone

Answer 11

-that part of the beach and near shore environment where incoming waves peak up, become unstable, and collapse toward the shore

Question 12

Rip Currents

Answer 12

-form in the surf zone