warm water current
Type of current that creates warmer climates along a coastal area
Cold water current
Type of current that creates cooler climates in coastal areas
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warm water current - ANSWER-Type of current that creates warmer climates along a
coastal area
Cold water current - ANSWER-Type of current that creates cooler climates in coastal
areas
Tropics - ANSWER-Where the Gulf Stream and other warm currents originate.
California Current - ANSWER-Name of the ocean current that cools the West Coast of
the United States
Upwelling - ANSWER-The movement of cold, nutrient rich water to the surface of the
ocean.
El Nino - ANSWER-A change in the water temperature of the Pacific Ocean that
produces a warm surface current
La Nina - ANSWER-A change in the water temperature of the Eastern Pacific Ocean
that produces cooler than usual surface water temperatures.
drought - ANSWER-An unsually long period during which rainfall is below average
buoys - ANSWER-Used by NOAA to collect data to predict an El Nino
deep current - ANSWER-A streamlike movement of ocean water located far below the
surface
density - ANSWER-The amount of matter in a given space, or volume
salinity - ANSWER-A measure of the amount of dissolved salts or solids in a liquid
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