Influences of Weather and Climate: Ocean Currents Assessment

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Differences in water temperature in the ocean create movement because -

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bodies of water at different temperatures have different densities.

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One of the characteristics of ocean water that causes ocean currents is salinity. Differences in salinity can cause movement in the ocean because the amount of dissolved salt in ocean water is connected to -

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the density of the water.

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A map of average sea surface temperatures over the entire Earth is provided. Warm water is less dense than cold water. Based on this information and the map provided, it could be predicted that ocean water will -

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rise at the equator.

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How do oceans influence weather and climate? Options: Oceans reflect the sun's energy back through the atmosphere into space., Oceans absorb the energy of the sun, store it, and release it., Oceans' waves continually generate heat through wave action.

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Oceans absorb the energy of the sun, store it, and release it.

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Hurricanes and typhoons are well-organized, rotating storms of low pressure that form in open oceans. These storms can contain very high winds and can raise the local tide more than 5 meters as the storms come onto land. Hurricanes and typhoons are examples of–

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energy stored in the ocean being released.

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What features change the general pattern of ocean water movement into the actual pattern we see?

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Earth's rotation and arrangement of continents.

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The Canary Current is an ocean current that moves in a southwesterly direction along the northwest edge of Africa. Based on this information, one can predict that the winds above the ocean in this area blow mostly in what direction?

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Southwest

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What is the result of uneven heating of Earth's oceans from the sun's radiation?

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Ocean convection currents

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What is the process that creates ocean convection currents? Options: How quickly the water evaporates., The movement of water of different densities., The Coriolis Effect.

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The movement of water of different densities.

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What best explains the patterns in thermal differences that generate ocean currents? A map of average sea surface temperatures over the entire Earth is provided.

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It is warmer at the equator.