Current: water in the surface ocean flowing consistently in a particular direction. Ocean currents are driven by wind!!!!!
Latitude: an angle north or south of the equator
Longitude: an angle east or west of the prime meridian in Greenwich, England
Kuroshio Current: a warm ocean current that flows northward, theneastward on the west side of the Pacific Ocean
Oyashio Current: a cold ocean current that flows southward along the coast of Siberia and Kamchatka
Alaska Current : a cold ocean current that flows northward , then westward towards Alaska
California Current: A cold ocean current that flows southward along the west coast of North America
North Pacific gyre: a circular system of ocean currents that together flowi n a clockwise pattern all around the North Pacific portion of the Pacific basin.
Really? I didn't know that ocean currents were driven by wind! OMG! Just kidding! I really did know that.
ReplyDeletebut of course you did because you are one of the awesome APES!!
ReplyDeleteI am seriously going to start studying my vocab VERY hard. this is too much.
ReplyDeletepeople can google their Latitude..that's what i did
ReplyDeleteI used my handy dandy gps and found it even though it showed every direction as north which ticked me off.
ReplyDeleteHow can I help Mollie?
ReplyDeleteGosh! My address doesn't exist! I can't find it anywhere, or it just says it doesn't exist....
ReplyDeleteMegan.....pick the closest landmark....and go with that address.
ReplyDeleteok got it
ReplyDeleteOh ok. I mean its just right up the road, and you can see my house on googleearth it just doesn't give the road name and that means they don't update this thing for atleast four or five years because i've been here for five years in august
ReplyDeleteI got it. :)
ReplyDeletego with the closest address it will give you near you...ok Megan?
ReplyDeletethanks for the vocab!
ReplyDeleteGot it:) thank you
ReplyDeletegot it...thanks...and im with mollie, im definitely gonna be hitting the vocab sheets
ReplyDeletethanks mrs b!
ReplyDeletethanks mrs B
ReplyDeleteThis vocab is looking a whole lot easier to understand, thank gosh!
ReplyDeleteSara says:
ReplyDeleteI didn't know there were so many little currents that affected the weather near land! That's cool how that works.
Okie dokie got the vocab!
ReplyDeleteAnd the garbage patch is somewhere in all those currents!!!!
okay I got it[:
ReplyDeletewhy do some of the currents take paths that don't seem to mesh with the others? Most of them seem to be in a giant circle, but a couple are kinda weird... Got the vocab
ReplyDeletethanks for the vocab mrs b!
ReplyDeletehopefully this will help next time we do trivia in class haha
lawson says: yeah i recognize most of this material!
ReplyDeleteWhenever I went to California in the middle of July I wondered why the ocean was so cold. I guess now i know it's because of the california current.
ReplyDeleteSince the currents basically go in a big circle, couldnt we set uo giant fish repelling nets to catch the trash? I know it sounds weird, but i dont see why it couldnt work
ReplyDeletegotcha on the currents (:
ReplyDeleteJustin says:
ReplyDeleteI actually knew most of those currents. I am so proud of myself. When wanting to become a meteorologist, you really must know the currents. Currents steer everything that has to do with weather and especially climate. Meteorology and the study of ocean currents are very similar, due to the fact that what controls weather and climate are ultimately decided by the steer of ocean currents. The fact that few hurricanes ever strike the Pacific Coast of the U.S. is due in part to the cold Alaskan current stretching from Alaska (Duh!) to just south of the U.S.-Mexico border. See, there is a tie-in! I am such a dork, but getting into this stuff just tickles me pink. I just have to figure out a way to keep latitude and longitude straight...
Anna,
ReplyDeletea lot has to do with underwater ( ocean bottom ) topography......and water temperatures
all review for me....wonder why mrs. b?
ReplyDeleteThanks Mrs. B.
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