Currents & Climates-Notes

Review: What is Climate?

Multiple Choice

. ______ is what is happening in the air or atmosphere at one time in one place.

• climate

• weather

Multiple Choice

Climate is the average weather that has been recorded over many

• days

• months

• years

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of a current in the context of oceanography?

• A large stream of moving water

• A type of fish

• A weather phenomenon

• A geological formation

Multiple Choice

What is the Coriolis effect?

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

• The Coriolis effect is a phenomenon that occurs only in the Northern Hemisphere.

• The Coriolis effect is caused by the Earth's magnetic field.

Multiple Choice

What causes surface currents north and south of the equator to move in different directions?

• Gases in the ocean

• The rotation of the Earth

• Temperature differences

• Continental deflection

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the climate of the two cities

• Both locations are influenced by a warm current making them warm.

• Hopedale is influenced by a cold ocean current making it colder and Stornoway is influenced by a warm ocean current making it warmer.

• They have the same climate because they have the same latitude.

• Stornoway is influenced by a cold ocean current making it colder and Hopedale is influenced by a warm ocean current making it warmer.

Open Ended

How do surface currents affect the climate of the land near the coast?

Open Ended

Why does the northern and southern coast of Australia have two completely different types of weather and climate conditions?

(Look at the currents)

Multiple Choice

What causes deep currents in the ocean?

• Differences in temperature

• Differences in density

• Differences in salinity

• Differences in pressure

Multiple Choice

Deep Ocean currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns

• Earth's Rotation

• Density

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Upwelling is a process that brings cold, nutrient rich water to the ocean surface. What can occur because of this process?

• Decrease in fish populations

• increase in temperature

• Increase in Algae

• reduction in salinity

Multiple Choice

Which will most likely result if there is increased upwelling in a coastal area

• more aquatic life

• less nutrients in the water

• higher water temperatures

• fewer nitrates

Poll

How confident do you feel about this topic now?

• Very confident
• Somewhat confident
• Not confident