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The Dynamic Ocean. Ch. 16. 16.1 Ocean Circulation. SC.912.N.1.1, SC.912.N.2.5 SC.912.E.6.5, SC.912.E.7.2, SC.912.E.7.3 , SC.912.E.7.4 , SC.912.E.7.9. Objectives. Explain how surface currents develop. Describe how ocean currents affect climate. State the importance of upwelling. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE DYNAMIC OCEANCh. 16
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16.1 Ocean CirculationSC.912.N.1.1, SC.912.N.2.5SC.912.E.6.5, SC.912.E.7.2, SC.912.E.7.3 , SC.912.E.7.4 , SC.912.E.7.9
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Objectives Explain how surface currents develop. Describe how ocean currents affect
climate. State the importance of upwelling. Describe the formation of density
currents.
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Vocabulary Ocean current Surface current Gyre Coriolis Effect Upwelling Density current
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Essential Questions1. How do surface currents develop?2. How do ocean currents affect climate?3. Why is upwelling important?4. How are density currents formed?
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16.1 The Composition of Seawater
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Ocean Currents 1 min videohttp://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=3niR_-Kv4SM
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Surface Circulation Ocean current is the mass of ocean water that
flows from one place to another. Surface currents are movements of water that
flow horizontally in the upper part of the ocean’s surface.
Surface currents develop from friction between the ocean and the wind that blows across its surface.
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Ocean Surface Currents
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Gyers • Gyres are huge circular-moving current
systems that dominate the surfaces of the oceans.
The Coriolis effect is the deflection of currents away from their original course as a result of Earth’s rotation.
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Ocean Current & Climate When currents from low-latitude regions move
into higher latitudes, they transfer heat from warmer to cooler areas on Earth.
As cold water currents travel toward the equator, they help moderate the warm temperatures of adjacent land areas.
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False-Colored Satellite Image of the Gulf Stream
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Upwelling Upwelling is the rise of cold water from deeper
layers to replace warmer surface water. Upwelling brings greater concentrations of
dissolved nutrients, such as nitrates and phosphates, to the ocean surface.
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Effects of Upwelling
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Deep Ocean Circulation Density currents are vertical currents of
ocean water that result from density differences among water masses.
An increase in seawater density can be caused by a decrease in temperature or an increase in salinity.
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Deep Ocean Circulation High Latitudes
Most water involved in deep-ocean currents begins in high latitudes at the surface.
Evaporation Density currents can also result from increased
salinity of ocean water due to evaporation.
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Cross Section of the Arctic Ocean
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A Conveyor Belt In a simplified model, ocean circulation is
similar to a conveyor belt that travels from the Atlantic Ocean, through the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and back again.
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Ocean Current Video 15 min.http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=Ca4eRt2wwg8
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Essential QuestionsYou have 15 minutes to answer the questions from this section. Be prepared to discuss your answers.
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How do surface currents develop?Surface currents develop from friction between the ocean and the wind that blows across its surface.
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How do ocean currents affect climate?Warm water currents that come from equatorial regions transfer heat to cooler areas of Earth; for example the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic currents warm northwestern Europe in the winter months. Cold water currents from the poles moderate warm temperatures of adjacent land areas.
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Why is upwelling important?Upwelling brings dissolved nutrients to the ocean surface, providing the necessary nutrients for phytoplankton to undergo photosynthesis. This productivity supports the extensive populations of fish and other organisms.
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How are density currents formed?They are formed when the density of water changes due to a change in salinity and temperature.
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16.2 Waves & Tides
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Objectives Describe how ocean waves get energy. State three factors that determine
characteristics of a wave. Describe how energy moves through a
wave. Explain the forces that produce tides.
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Vocabulary Wave height Wave length Wave period Fetch
Tide Tidal range Spring tide Neap tide
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Waves and Tides 9 min videohttp://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=l1WF8b6HZLM
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Wave Motion Demo Purpose – Students will see that wave
energy travels without causing individual particles of the medium to move very much.
Materials – Slinky toy Procedure – Have a student hold one end
of a slinky without moving it. Stretch the slinky out, gather a few rings together, release them all at once while still holding the end of the slinky in your hand.
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Essential Questions1. From where do ocean waves obtain
energy?2. What three quantities are used to
describe a wave?3. How does energy move by means of a
wave?4. What force produces tides?5. What are three typical tidal patterns?
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Wave Characteristics Most ocean waves obtain their energy and
motion from the wind. The wave height is the vertical distance
between the trough and crest. The wavelength is the horizontal distance
between two successive crests or two successive troughs.
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Anatomy of a Wave
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Wave Characteristic The wave period is the time it takes one full
wave—one wavelength—to pass a fixed position.
Fetch is the distance that the wind has traveled across open water.
The height, length, and period that are eventually achieved by a wave depend on three factors: (1) wind speed, (2) length of time the wind has blown, and (3) fetch.
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Wave Motion Circular orbital motion allows energy to move
forward through the water while the individual water particles that transmit the wave move around in a circle.
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Breaking Waves Changes occur as a wave moves onto shore. As the waves touch bottom, wave speed
decreases. The decrease in wave speed results in a decrease in wavelength and an increase in wave height.
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Breaking Waves
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Tides Tides are daily changes in the elevation of the
ocean surface. Ocean tides result from the gravitational
attraction exerted upon Earth by the moon and, to a lesser extent, by the sun.
Tide-Causing Forces The force that produces tides is gravity.
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Tide Bulges on Earth Caused by the Moon
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Tides Tidal range is the difference in height between
successive high and low tides. Spring tides are tides that have the greatest
tidal range due to the alignment of the Earth–moon–sun system.
Neap tides are tides that have the lowest tidal range, occurring near the times of the first-quarter and third-quarter phases of the moon.
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TidesSPRING TIDES NEAP TIDES When the Earth,
Moon, and Sun are aligned we experience Spring Tides.
New Moon & Full Moon
When Earth, Moon, and Sun are at right angles to each other, we experience Neap Tides.
First Quarter & Third Quarter
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Earth–Moon–Sun Positionsand the Tides
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Tidal Patterns Three main tidal patterns exist worldwide:
diurnal tides, semidiurnal tides, and mixed tides.
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Essential QuestionsYou have 15 minutes to answer the questions from this section. Be prepared to discuss your answers.
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From where do ocean waves obtain energy?Waves obtain their energy from wind.
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What three quantities are used to describe a wave?Three qualities used to describe waves are: wind speed, the length of time the wind has blown, and fetch.
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How does energy move by means of a wave?Circular motion allows energy to move forward through a wave, while the individual water particles that transmit the wave move around in a circle.
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What force produces tides?Gravity is the force that produces tides.
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What are three typical tidal patterns?The three tidal patterns are: diurnal, semidiurnal, and mixed.
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16.3 Shoreline Processes & FeaturesSC.912.N.1.1, SC.912.N.2.5SC.912.E.6.5, SC.912.E.7.2, SC.912.E.7.3 , SC.912.E.7.4 , SC.912.E.7.9
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Objectives List the agents responsible for the
movement of sediments along the shoreline.
Explain how refraction affects wave action along the shore.
Describe the processes that form shoreline features.
List the structures that can be built to protect a shoreline.
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Vocabulary Beach Wave refraction Longshore currents Barrier islands
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Essential Questions1. How does refraction affect wave action
along the shore?2. What do longshore currents do?3. By which processes do shoreline features
form?4. What structures can be built to protect a
shoreline?5. What is beach nourishment?
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Forces acting on the shoreline A beach is the accumulation of sediment found
along the shore of a lake or ocean. Waves along the shoreline are constantly
eroding, transporting, and depositing sediment. Many types of shoreline features can result from this activity.
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Forces acting on the shoreline
WAVE IMPACT ABRASION
The impact of large, high-energy waves against the shore can be awesome in its violence. Each breaking wave may hurl thousands of tons of water against the land, sometimes causing the ground to tremble.
Abrasion is the sawing and grinding action of rock fragments in the water.
Abrasion is probably more intense in the surf zone than in any other environment.
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Wave Refraction Wave refraction is the bending of waves, and
it plays an important part in the shoreline process.
Because of refraction, wave energy is concentrated against the sides and ends of headlands that project into the water, whereas wave action is weakened in bays.
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Wave Refraction – Parallel to shore
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Longshore Current A longshore current is a near-shore current
that flows parallel to the shore. Turbulence allows longshore currents to easily
move fine suspended sand and to roll larger sand and gravel particles along the bottom.
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Longshore Currents
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Erosional Features Shoreline features that originate primarily from
the work of erosion are called erosional features. Sediment that is transported along the shore and deposited in areas where energy is low produces depositional features.
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Erosional Features Wave-Cut Cliffs and Platforms
Wave-cut cliffs result from the cutting action of the surf against the base of coastal land. A flat, bench-like, wave-cut platform forms in front of the wave-cut cliff.
Sea Arches and Sea Stacks When two caves on opposite sides of a headland
unite, a sea arch results. Eventually, the arch falls in, leaving an isolated remnant, or sea stack, on the wave-cut platform.
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Sea Arch and Sea Stack
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Depositional Features Where longshore currents and other surf zone
currents are active, several features related to the movement of sediment along the shore may develop.
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Spits, Bars, and Tombolos A spit is an elongated ridge of sand that
projects from the land into the mouth of an adjacent bay.
A baymouth bar is a sandbar that completely crosses a bay.
A tombolo is a ridge of sand that connects an island to the mainland or to another island.
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Evolution of Shoreline Features
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Barrier Islands Barrier islands are narrow sandbars parallel
to, but separate from, the coast at distances from 3 to 30 kilometers offshore.
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Barrier Islands
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Stabilizing the Shore Protective Structures
Groins, breakwaters, and seawalls are some structures built to protect a coast from erosion or to prevent the movement of sand along a beach.
Beach nourishment Beach nourishment is the addition of large quantities
of sand to the beach system.
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Stabilizing Structures Groins are structures built at right angles
to the shore to trap sand moving parallel to the shore to maintain beaches.
Seawalls are structures built parallel to shore that shields the coast from breaking waves.
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Miami Beach Before and After Beach Nourishment
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Coastlines & Seas Video 55 minYou will need to write 10 facts from the video.
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Essential QuestionsYou have 15 minutes to answer the questions from this section. Be prepared to discuss your answers.
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How does refraction affect wave action along the shore?Wave energy is concentrated against the sides of headlands, and it is weakened in the bays.
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What do longshore currents do?Longshore currents move fine suspended sand and roll larger sand and gravel along the bottom and along the shore.
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By which processes do shoreline features form?Waves erode, transport, and deposit sediment, forming many shoreline features.
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What structures can be built to protect a shoreline?Groins, breakers, and seawalls are structures built to protect the shoreline.
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What is beach nourishment?Beach nourishment is an approach to stabilize the shoreline by adding large quantities of sand to the beach system.