HOW DOES THE OCEAN OPERATE? Daniel’s powerpoint.

CONVECTION. Convection is the transfer of warmer water to colder water, the hydrogen and oxygen molecules heat up and rise up through the ocean. reaching the surface the air cools the heated molecules down, and the cooled mass sinks back into the sea this act is repeated over and over countless times.

THE WATER CYCLE. The sea plays a big part in the water cycle, water from the ocean evaporates into clouds. Inside the clouds, condensation is forming rapidly, once little condensation reaches more vapor, the cloud becomes unable to carry the water. You know when a cloud is carrying too much water because it darkens and then it eventually drops the water back into the seas. Check my awesome ocean current video

THE RIP CURRENT Rip currents, (commonly known as rip tides) occur at beaches with breaking waves, the breakers smash into the shore before retreating into the surf, the momentum of the retreat causes a rip tide to form, feeding on the momentum of the pull, the rip current sucks the water really far out to sea before depositing it back into the breakers, this action is repeated for a long time until the rip tide dissipates.

GYRES AND OTHER CURRENTS A gyre is a strong current whirling in a specific direction, it continues to circle in a part of the ocean, it’s movement is exactly like the wind blowing a dust box around, there are three currents beside gyres and the rip tide, Eddy currents, Telluric currents, and surface currents, Eddy currents carry loops of electromagnetism, within the waves, conducters are attracting electricity into the water, telluric currents are usually thought to be phenomenal, for the reason of their appearance can be because of mankind or nature, surface currents make up about 10% of the ocean, surface currents can only move above 400ft in depth.

HOW OCEAN CURRENTS GENERATE. Currents are usually generated by wind, for example, a tornado in the sea can suck water into the air, causing a water spout to form. The currents may also be formed by shifts in the density of the water. Another way for the currents to form is by tectonic plates shifting in the ocean or near the shore, this movement can cause devastating tsunamis.

The end!