WATER - CLASS VII

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What Is sallnlty of water ?

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 W ATER - CLASS V I)
O CEAN CURREN T S M ODULE 2
1. What is the Coriolis effect?

~ a deflection of movement caused by the earth spinning

,:?.1 an upwelllna that occu,. When an ocean current near, a land mass
D When cold Water rises to the surface and warm water sinks
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2. The ocean currents on the map generally travel In either a clockwise or
counterclockwise direction. Look at the ocean currents and compare the seneral
direction followed by currents in the Northern Hemisphere with the direction of those
In the Southern Hemisphere.
a. In the Northern Hemisphere the general direction is c/.!(A~
b. In the Southern Hemisphere the general direction Is Ctr1.,ntrt: <khlli6e
Using the table below label and color the currents in the picture-(red :; warm.
blue= cold).
Name of Surface Current
Characteristic Temperature of
Water Tran, orted b Current
1 . California Current Cold
2. Can Current Cold
'3. Gu\f Stream Warm
4. Kuroshio Current - .... Warm
5. East Austra.lian Current Wann
o. Ben uela Current Cold
7. Brazil Current Warm

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8 Peru Current t Cold
9: Antarctic Circum olar Curren Cold
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 TYPES OF OCEAN CURRENTS
WARM CURRENTS
COLO CURRENTS

The . . . coasts generally have warm
water currents . Oimate would be warmer
than it Is suppose to be.
~a~ f ~~er currents are carried from the
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are direct at the equator and so, It warm s up
the water in this area .
The .. . . coasts generally have cold
wate r currents . Climate would be cold er
than It Is suppose to be.
Cold wat er currents are carried from the
....f. ~...... to the equator. The sun's rays
are slanting strike at the poles (they are
spread out) and so, the water is cold In this
area .

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EFFECTS OF OCEAN CURRENTS

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WAVES aj. ~
• The water on the surface of the ocean rises
and falls alternately
• Push ing action of winds - water up & dow
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• Vary In size, height according to the stren
gth of the wind . Storm• High speed strong wind
of storm form huge waves They bring destruct s
ion.
• Waves are felt only at the surface and not
at great depth.
• Und erse a/ ocean floor earthquake, volcanic
eruption, or landslide causes Tsunami .

TIDES
• Moon and sun exert a gravitational pull on
the earth that causes oceans to rise and fall
known as TIDES.
• Moon's gravitational pull causes the ocea
n water to bulge-High Tide
• It is low tide when water falls to its lowest
level and recedes from shore.
• They are seen near the shore and not in the
open sea.
 SPRING TIDES NEAP TIDES
. and the • High tides are not very high and low
• Occurs whenJ.1"1,••• , .~
tides are low. ~
earth are In the same line.
Tides are HIG HE R~ than
• Grav itatio nal pull of the f:lartl,. is • High
the usua l tides
comb ined.
• Ocean wate r gets draw n In diago nally
• They ar~ LOWER than the
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norm al tides (high est) (,,JJ
gravi tation pull of sun & moon • It
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• Sprin g tides occu r during ~.......
moon and ..~.. moon phases results in low t l~~,J ,}
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Occur durin g ••tJi,v.✓.11•• and
quar ter of the moon phases