HOW DO OCEAN WATER MOVE?

Waves:

Waves are the up and-down movement of surface water. When wind blows across the ocean,it pushes the water up,forming ripples. A wave carries energy,not water,across the ocean. After the water moves around the ovals,it returns about the place where it started. The energy,whatever, travels forward. Water moves up and down and energy moves forward until waves approach a shore. As the water becomes shallow the waves slow down. They also become higher and closer toghether. It's like tripping over something. A hurricane or other strong storm moving over the ocean pushes water forward. The amount of water the pushes onto shore in hurricane is called a storm surge. This adds to the usual height of the waves. The great energy of an earthquake or a volcanic eruption can produce a wave called tsunami. In the open ocean, a tsunami isn't a high wave, but is long and moves very fast. When a tsunami approaches the shore, it slows down. This makes it become much higher.

Currents:

A current is a stream of water that flows like a river through the ocean. These carry water great distances across the surface. The Gulf Stream  is a surface current that flows all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. The currents begin in the Gulf of Mexico and flows north along the earnest coast of the United States. Then it turns east and flows across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe. Oceans also have the smaller currents that stay near the coasts. A current, called a longshore,sometimes flows along the shore. Rip currents carry water away from the beach. This makes the dangerous

for swimmers. A rip can flow faster than 2.4 m/sec (7.9 ft/sec). Some currents flow deep in ocean. Deep ocean currents then carry cooler water up toward the surface near the coast. Changing winds can affect these currents. If the winds don't blow toward the west, the warm surface water stays near the coast. The deep,cold currents don't reach the surface, and the coastal water stays very warm. This warm water causes an "EL NIÑO"  a change in the weather patterns over the Pacific Ocean.

Tides:

The tides are the rise and fall in the water level of the ocean.  They are caused by the "pull" of the sun and moon on Earth's oceans.  Althought the sun is larger, the moon affects tides more because it is closer to the Earth. The moon pulls on all of Earth. The land doesn't move much, but water does. As a result, two bulges of water form. One bulge is on the side of Earth facing the moon. The second bulge is on the opposite side of the Earth, where the pull of the moon is slightly less. The level of the ocean is highers in the bulges, producing a "high tide" . In the parts of the ocean between the bulges, the water level is lower. At those places, a "low tide" occurs. There are low tides between the two high tides.

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