Download Test 2 review: water, wind, and currents

Test 2 review: water, wind, and
currents
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Adhesion
Coriolis effect
Density
Downwelling
Eastern-boundary current
Ekman transport
Equatorial upwelling
Gyre
Halocline
Hydrogen bond
Northeast trade winds
Polar easterlies
Polar molecule
Pycnocline
Salinity
Southeast trade winds
Surface tension
Thermocline
Heat capacity
Thermohaline circulation
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Upwelling
Vertical mixing
Westerlies
Western-boundary currents
Wind-induced vertical circulation
Properties of water due to polarity
Factors that cause winds
Factors that cause surface currents
Ocean conveyer
Ocean water density layers and origins of each
layer
Coastal upwelling (two ways it can occur)
Coastal downwelling
Greenhouse gasses
Global warming
Explanation for the uneven heating of the earth
pH
Buffer
Cohesion
Acid
Base
Bicarbonate
Specific heat