_____ currents are the slow, deep currents that affect the vast bulk of seawater beneath the pycnocline. 

What weather event caused much of the major damage to the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Katrina?

What is the term used to describe the total quantity (or concentration) of dissolved inorganic solids in water? 

The greatest amount of heat transfer through ocean currents occurs at _____. 

Surface currents that result from a balance between a pressure gradient and Coriolis effect are known as _____ currents. 

Because density is largely a function of temperature and salinity, the movement of water due to differences in density is called _____. 

The temperature and water content of air greatly influence its _____.  

In general, the longer the wavelength, the _____ the wave energy will move through the water. 

A _____ forms when a sand spit closes off a bay by attaching to a headland adjacent to the bay. 

Wind waves at many wavelengths and heights may approach a single spot from different directions to form a(n) _____.