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Currents in the coastal water masses
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What is the role of density in turbidity currents?
Density's role is to push the cloudy turbid water under the less dense surrounding water to start the turbidity currents
Where are two places that density currents can be located?
rivers and lakes
Name three density currents that form in the polar regions?
The Antarctic Bottom Water, North Atlantic Deep Water, and Antarctic Intermediate Water are three density currents that form in polar regions.
Compare the causes and effects of deep currents and surface currents?
deep currents form when dense water neat the poles sinks and flows slowly along the ocea floor
What causes the convection currents in the asthenosphere?
The convection currents running through the asthenosphere are widely believed to be the source of movement of the tectonic plates.
What property of hot air causes it to rise and help create convection currents?
Density.
What causes the formation of the two types of ocean currents?
Temperature, density, and salinity of water
What causes density currents to form in the Mediterranean Sea?
the answer to this question is a density current forms when more dense seawater sinks beneath less dense seawater
How does density currents circaulate water?
Density currents circulate water because of density defferences.
Are density currents faster than surface currents?
no, density currents flow slower than surface currents because surface currents are powered by the wind ;)
What will happen if the density of surface water in the lake does not change?
The water will be calm, because a change in density causes water to move and can also cause deep water currents
What is a density currents?
Currents in the coastal water masses
How do surface currents differ from density currents?
The same thing! Deep Currents Occur when the density of the water increases. Density is based on two main things it is the civility is how much salt and other solids are in it and it is also the temperature of the water.The lower the temperature the lower the dense the water becomes. The denser the water the more it was to go down. The less dense the water wants to rise. The temperature is what causes the dense. Deep current:A streamline movement of ocean water far below the surface.
Why do density current happens?
why do density currents hapen?
How does the uneven heating in the ocean cause convection currents?
it causes the difference in density, denser water flows to the less dense parts
What causes deep curents?
Deep currents are caused partially by wind and the Coriolis effect and the other part is caused by the density change in water.
Describe the effect of temperature on density currents?
when a substance is cooler at the surface, the density increases in the substance.
