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What is the ocean conveyor?
The simplified pattern of ocean currents,looks like a conveyor belt,moving water between the oceans
What is the movement of water from the deep ocean to the surface?
Conveyor Belt Cycling describes the movement of the ocean water between surface and deep water.
What is the global ocean?
The simplified pattern of ocean currents,looks like a conveyor belt,moving water between the oceans
Where does the global current conveyor belt begin?
The global current conveyor belt begins in the North Atlantic Ocean, where warm water from the Gulf Stream moves northward to the Arctic. This warm water eventually cools and sinks in the Labrador Sea, starting a deep current that travels southward along the ocean floor.
What is the driving force of deep-ocean circulation?
The driving force of deep-ocean circulation is primarily the sinking of cold, dense water at high latitudes due to its higher density. This process is known as thermohaline circulation, where temperature and salinity differences create variations in water density, causing water masses to sink and drive the global ocean circulation.
Why is the ocean conveyor belt important?
It helps move around minerals and it kepps the ocean from getting to hot in certain areas by moving the water around
What is the driving force behind the water cycling?
The sun/solar energy is the driving force behind the water cycle.
How Coriolis effect salinity and temperature create the ocean current conveyor belt?
The Coriolis effect causes surface currents to move in a curved, spiral pattern due to the Earth's rotation. Variations in water temperature and salinity impact water density, driving vertical circulation known as thermohaline circulation. Warmer, less dense water moves towards the poles at the surface, while colder, denser water sinks at the poles and flows towards the equator deep beneath the surface, creating the global ocean conveyor belt.
How does the global conveyor belt form?
The ocean is not a still body of water. There is constant motion in the ocean in the form of a global ocean conveyor belt. This motion is due to thermohaline currents (thermo = temperature; haline = salinity). Cold, salty water is dense and sinks to the bottom of the ocean while warm water is less dense and rises to the surface. The ocean conveyor gets its "start" in the Norwegian Sea, where warm water from the Gulf Stream heats the atmosphere in the cold northern latitudes. This loss of heat to the atmosphere makes the water cooler and denser, causing it to sink to the bottom of the ocean. As more warm water is transported north, the cooler water sinks and moves south to make room for the incoming warm water. This cold bottom water flows south of the equator all the way down to Antarctica. Eventually, the cold bottom waters are able to warm and rise to the surface, continuing the conveyor belt that encircles the globe. It takes almost 1,000 years for the conveyor belt to complete one "cycle."
What is the driving force of oceanic?
Deep ocean circulation(90% of ocean water) is caused by differences in temperature, salinity and suspended load. It is referred to as "Thermohaline"- meaning heat and salt- circulation.
Name for the worldwide circulation of the ocean currents which transport warm water to colder areas and cold water to warmer areas?
Global Conveyor Belt
What is the driving force behind the movement of water through the water cycle?
The driving force behind the movement of water through the water cycle is the energy from the sun.
