3.3 Ocean Heat Transport

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Think about it ...

If you could go to any beach in the world, where would you go?

Open Ended

Think about it ...

What are some facts about the oceans? Why are oceans so important?

Match

Match the types of heat fluxes with their descriptions.

• long waves and short waves emitted by the sun

• heat transferred because of the temperature difference between the ocean surface and the air

• heat required for water to change state from liquid to vapor

• total heat transferred from the ocean to the atmosphere

solar radiation flux

sensible heat flux

latent heat flux

surface heat flux

• solar radiation flux

• sensible heat flux

• latent heat flux

• surface heat flux

Multiple Choice

Which of the following play a major role in meridional heat transport?

• ocean currents and global air circulation

• ice sheets in polar regions

• excess heat in the equatorial region

Multiple Choice

What do the Peru ocean current and the California

Current have in common? Refer to the image to answer

the question.

• Both are warm ocean currents.

• Both are cold ocean currents and flow from poles to equator.

• Both flow from near the equator toward one of the poles.

Multiple Choice

What happens to the ocean as a response to the absorption of heat from the

sun?

• a decrease in salinity

• a fall in sea level

• a rise in sea level

Multiple Choice

The Atacama Desert, in Chile, is located at 24°S latitude along

the Pacific coast. It is located in the tropical region, which

suggests that it should have high precipitation. What might

have turned this region into a desert?

• The Atacama Desert is a coastal desert formed because of a cold ocean

  current.

• The Atacama Desert is a coastal desert formed because of a warm ocean

  current.

• The Atacama Desert is a coastal desert formed because of a neutral ocean

  current.

Multiple Choice

How does meridional heat transport affect weather conditions of the high-latitude regions of Earth?

• Meridional heat transport may only sometimes affect the low-latitude regions.

• Meridional heat transport is inversely proportional to the temperature of the high-latitude regions.

• Meridional heat transport is directly proportional to the temperature of the high-latitude regions.

Open Ended

With the help of two examples, explain how ocean currents can affect the climate of a region.

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Ocean currents affect the climate of a region

because . . .

Multiple Choice

Exit Ticket ...

The rising of cold water from deeper layers to replace warmer surface water is called ____.

• a surface current

• upwelling

• downwelling