Oceans Flashcards
Salinity
Measure of the mass of dissolved solids in a mass of water
Basin
Crater like holes
Salts
Ion dissolved in water
Surface current
Wind driven (friction)
Surface. Horizontal.
Gyre
Density current
By different density
Upwelling- that diagrahm
Upwelling
Brings cold oxygen rich water
VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF COLD WATER UP TO SURFACE
Wave
Energy that travels through water
Crest
Top of wave
Trough
Bottom of wave
Wavenlength
Top of crest to next crest
Wave height
Bottom of through to top of crest
Breaker
The wave cant support the crest. It collapses at shore
Tide
Sea lvl change on beach because of the gravitational pull of moon and sun
Tidal range
Difference in water lvl in between high tide snd low tode
Sprint tide
Greatest tidal range
Occurs when earth moon and sun form a straight line