Currents, Sediment Cells, Budgets

Question 1

Ocean currents are located at both the ocean surface and in…

Answer 1

Deep water (below 300m)

Question 2

Ocean currents are located at both the ocean…and in deep water (below 300m)

Answer 2

Surface

Question 3

Ocean deep water is water below…m

Answer 3

300m

Question 4

Ocean surface water is water less than…m deep

Answer 4

300

Question 5

Surface currents refer to ocean currents located …

Answer 5

At the surface of the water

Question 6

Deep currents refer to ocean currents located…

Answer 6

In deep water (below 300m)

Question 7

Ocean currents located in deep water (below 300m) are referred to as…

Answer 7

Deep currents

Question 8

Ocean currents located at the ocean surface are referred to as …

Answer 8

Surface currents

Question 9

Ocean currents move water in what 2 directions

Answer 9

Horizontally
Vertically

Question 10

True or false, ocean currents only move water vertically

Answer 10

False
They move water both horizontally and vertically

Question 11

True or false, ocean currents only occur on a global scale

Answer 11

False
They also occur at a local scale

Question 12

Ocean currents move water both horizontally and…and occur at both a…and global scale

Answer 12

Vertically
Local

Question 13

The ocean is an interconnected system powered by the forces of what 5 things

Answer 13

Wind
Coriolis force
Tides
Sun
Water density differences

Question 14

Deep ocean currents are…driven

Answer 14

Density

(Think DD)

Question 15

Surface ocean currents are…driven

Answer 15

Wind

Question 16

Which out of surface currents and deep currents are faster moving

Answer 16

Surface currents= faster moving
Deep currents= slower moving

Question 17

The global…includes both surface and deep ocean currents that circulate the globe in a 1000 year cycle

Answer 17

Conveyor belt

Question 18

The global conveyor belt includes both surface and deep ocean currents that circulate the globe in a ….year cycle

Answer 18

1000

Question 19

The global conveyor belt includes both surface and deep ocean currents that circulate the…in a 1000 year cycle

Answer 19

Globe

Question 20

The global conveyor belt’s circulation (surface and deep ocean currents circulating the globe in a 1000 year cycle) is as a result of what 2 processes

Answer 20

Warm surface currents carry less dense water away from the equator towards the poles
Cold deep currents carry denser water away from the poles towards the equator

Question 21

1 process that leads to the global conveyor belt circulation (surface and deep ocean currents circulating the globe in a 1000 year cycle) is warm..currents carrying less dense water away from the…and towards the …

Answer 21

Surface
Equator
Poles

Question 22

1 process that leads to the global conveyor belt circulation (surface and deep ocean currents circulating the globe on a 1000 year cycle) is cold..currents carrying dense water away from the….towards the…

Answer 22

Deep
Poles
Equator

Question 23

As part of the global conveyor belt circulation…currents carry less dense water and…currents carry denser water

Answer 23

Surface
Deep

Question 24

As part of the global conveyor belt circulation, …currents carry water away from the equator towards the poles and…currents carry water away from the poles towards the equator

Answer 24

Surface
Deep

Question 25

3 key important roles the global conveyor belt (ocean’s global circulation system) has

Answer 25

Distributing heat
Regulating weather and climate
Cycling nutrients and gases around the earth

Question 26

3 key roles the global conveyor belt (ocean’s global circulation system) has are distributing heat, regulating weather and climate and…

Answer 26

Cycling nutrients and gases around the earth

Question 27

3 key roles the global conveyor belt (ocean global circulation system) has are distributing heat… and cycling nutrients and gases around the earth

Answer 27

Regulating weather and climate

Question 28

1 key role of the global conveyor belt (ocean’s global circulation system) is to cycle nutrients and…around the earth

Question 29

1 key role of the global conveyor belt (ocean’s global circulation system) is to cycle …and gases around the earth

Answer 29

Nutrients

Question 30

… currents are when water approaches the coastline at an angle, a flow of water is generated that runs parallel to the coastline (this flow of water is known as the longshore current)

Answer 30

Longshore

Question 31

Surf zone meaning

Answer 31

Area where waves break

Question 32

Longshore currents definition

Answer 32

When waves approach the coastline at an angle, a flow of water is generated that runs parallel to the coastline

(This generated flow of water is the longshore current)

Question 33

Does a longshore current run parallel or perpendicular to the coastline

Answer 33

Parallel

Question 34

… is the movement of cold dense water from deep in the ocean moving up towards the surface to replace the warm surface water

Answer 34

Upwelling

Question 35

Upwelling is the movement of….water from deep in the ocean moving up towards the surface to replace…

Answer 35

Cold dense
Warm less dense surface water

Question 36

…creates nutrient-rich cold oceans

Answer 36

Upwelling

Question 37

True or false, upwelling creates warm ocean currents

Answer 37

False
It creates cold ocean currents

Question 38

Upwelling creates….-rich cold ocean currents

Answer 38

Nutrient

Question 39

True or false, rip currents occur on top of the water

Answer 39

False
They’re underwater currents

Question 40

2 examples of boundaries of sediment cells (they act as natural barriers to stop further movement of sediment)

Answer 40

Headlands
Peninsulas