Noaa: National Ocean Service: Education: Currents Website

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Noaa: National Ocean Service: Education: Currents

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Illustrated tutorial explains the numerous factors which shape ocean currents. Animations help students visualize how these aspects constantly affect the water movement in the ocean and how scientists use this information to study ocean currents.

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Concepts

water density, wind, ocean currents

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deep ocean, flow, gravitational pull, motion of the water, rise and fall of the tide, shallow ocean movement, thermohaline circulation, water movement, noaa national ocean service: education: currents, knot, ocean current

Classroom Considerations

Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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