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Salinity | a measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid |
Pack ice | a floating layer of sea ice that completely covers an area of the ocean surface |
Thermocline | a layer in a body of water in which water temperature drops with increased depth faster than it does in other layers |
Surface current | a horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surface |
Deep current | a stream like movement of ocean water far below the surface |
Coriolis effect | the curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation |
Gyre | a huge circle of moving ocean water found above and below the equator |
Gulf Stream | the swift, deep, and warm Atlantic current that flows along the eastern coast of the United States toward the norhteast |