Winds & Ocean Currents

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What are winds that blow over large distances?

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Global Winds

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Warm air/water _________ and cold air/water__________.

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rises, sinks

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Large scale movements of ocean water in a continuous flow are called?

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ocean currents

Front

Which of the following winds occurs at night when cool air blows from the land to the ocean?

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Land Breeze

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Deep Ocean currents are a result of

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Density

Front

What is the term for the movement of air from high pressure to low pressure?

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Wind

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What are the two main types of ocean currents?

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Surface currents and deep water currents

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What is the Coriolis effect?

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The deflection of moving objects caused by the rotation of the Earth.

Front

What is a sea breeze?

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A wind that blows from the sea to the land, usually during the day.

Front

What is a land breeze?

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A wind that blows from the land to the sea, usually at night.