Ocean Influences Test Flashcards
What cycle of ENSO are we currently in?
La Niña
What is the relationship between the temp of currents and direction they travel in.
Warm currents move from the equator and toward the poles while cool currents move from the poles to the equator.
How are winds and currents similar?
Currents mirror the patterns of winds.
What is the relationship between latitude and linear speed?
As latitude increases, linear speed decreases.
What is the vocab term for the deflection of winds/currents as a result of the spin of the Earth?
The Coriolis Effect
Name as many currents as possible
Alaska, California, Gulf Stream, North Pacific, Oyoshio, Koyoshio, north equatorial, south equatorial, east Australian, west Australian, Peru, Brazil, West Wind Drift, Equatorial Counter, Norwegian, East Greenland
Name 5 main gyres
Indian Ocean, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific
The direction objects deflect off based on what hemisphere there in
Northern Hemisphere: Clockwise
Southern Hemisphere: Counter Clockwise
What did sailors rely on to get them around before motors
Winds/Currents
What is the greenhouse effect?
When a star get stuck in a planet’s atmosphere this warming it
What are the degrees of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn?
Tropic of Cancer:23 degrees north
Tropic of Capricorn: 23 degrees south
Charlestons latitude?
32 degrees
Winds are named after…
Where they come from
HPS vs. LPS
HPS sinks LPS rises
HPS inward LPS outward
HPS clockwise LPS counterclockwise
HPS dry LPS rainy
3 major prevailing winds
Trade, polar easterlies, prevailing westerlies
