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A major earhquake with an epiccenter on the ocean floor sometimes causes a gaint waved called aan?
Tsunami
What effects does the surface-wind pattern have on the circulation of the oceans?
The movement of wind over the surface of the ocean causes friction. The wind drags the ocean surface with it, making the pattern called surface-ocean wind-drift currents.
What happens when a deep-water wave strikes the bottom of the ocean?
waves get slower and higher then they break
What is study of ocean called?
The study of the ocean is Oceanography. The study of ocean life would be Marine Biology.
What are the levels of the ocean called?
The continental shelf, continental slop and the ocean floor
What is it called when a hurricane causes the water in the ocean to rise higher than usual?
surge tide
What is a hurricane called that forms over the Atlantic Ocean?
A hurricane over the Atlantic Ocean is simply called a hurricane.
What is a hurricane that forms over the Indian Ocean?
A hurricane that forms over the Indian ocean is called a cyclone.
What is an Atlantic ocean storm called?
hurricane
What have scientists linked to increased hurricane strength?
higher ocean temp in the tropics
In what part of the world is a hurricane called a typhoon?
Storms that are similar to hurricanes are called typhoons in the western Pacific Ocean north of the equator.
What are the physical causes of Hurricane Katrina?
Hurricane Katrina was caused by a combination of warm ocean water, moist air, and converging winds in the Atlantic Ocean. These factors led to the development of a strong tropical cyclone that intensified into a catastrophic hurricane.
What are powerful rotating storms in the pacific ocean called?
A Hurricane or a Typhoon or a Cyclone.
Does a hurricane or tornado or blizard or freezng rain which one causes the most flooding near an ocean.?
A hurricane causes coastal flooding. None of the other are directly related to flooding at all.
When and where was the wort hurricane in the world?
The worst hurricane in the world was the Bhola Cyclone (a hurricane in the Indian Ocean is called a cyclone), which struck Bangladesh in 1970.
What do you call a male hurricane?
A male hurricane is called a "typhoon" in the western Pacific or a "cyclone" in the Indian Ocean.
Is hurricane Igor the third biggest hurricane in history?
It is the biggest in the history of the Atlantic Ocean, or at least is tied for first with Hurricane Olga, but larger hurricanes, or typhoons as they are called there, have been recorded in the western Pacific Ocean.
