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| the study/review of oceans and it's locations |
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| movement away from the equator due to the rotation of the Earth |
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| movement of water due to the Coriolis effect |
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| polar easterlies, westerlies, trade winds etc. the winds are deflected into the "opposite" direction due to the Coriolis effect |
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| wind moving away from the land(water moves towards the land) |
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| the act of winds moving towards the land(water moving away from the land) |
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| the act of objects connecting (downwelling) |
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| the act of objects dividing |
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| warm ocean currents that vary in intensity and can at times cause catastrophic weather |
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| What are the number of Oceans? |
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Aunt Irene Stopped Paying Attention
Arctic, Indian, Southern, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans |
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1.15mile
1.85 km
1 minute of latitude |
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| travelling 15 degrees..how long have I been going.. |
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| he is known as the father of Oceanography |
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| known for discovering why sailors were getting sick while at sea |
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| known for creating a clock that could operate efficiently while at sea |
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| they are driven by gravity yet directed by the Coriolis effected... |
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| this phenomena of driven and direction by gravity and the CE is known as... |
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| only occurs in the afternoon-the wind is coming from the direction of the water |
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| only occurs at night--wind moving from the direction of the land |
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| the strongest current can be found on the ____side of the ____ |
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| the weakest currents can be found on the____side of the ____ |
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| water/wind veer to the right |
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| water/winds veer to the left |
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| Number of currents (reviewed in class) |
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| Current the travels over the "top" of Africa? |
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| Current close to Madagascar |
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| Current on the outskirts of Africa? |
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| Currents on the western side of North America? |
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| North Pacific Current & California Current |
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| Name the currents (reviewed in class) |
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| Kuroshio, EAC, WAC, Indian, Agulas, Benguela, Brazil, Peru, Canary, North Atlantic current, Gulf Stream current, California, North Pacific current. |
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| North Pacific & North Atlantic Gyres |
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