Convection Currents

What causes ocean currents?

• Convection patterns caused by the sun.
• Conduction patterns caused by the sun.
• Radition
• Sun

What type of conditions does the Gulf Stream bring with it.?

• Brings warm, moist air to the eastern Atlantic shore.
• Brings cold air to the eastern Atlantic Shore

Where does energy from the earth originate?

• The sun
• It is absorbed by the earth and it is reflected by the earth.

Which heats and cools quicker, land or water?

• Land
• Water

Why does convection happen?

• Happens because of unequal heating of the earth's surface.
• Happens because of unequal cooling of the earth's surface.

What are ocean currents?

• Circulating convection patterns that influence the climate and weather of land nearby.
• Waves
• Huricanes
• Water Rapids

What does the California Current do?

• Brings cold moist air to the western Pacific shore.
• Brings hot air

When and why does a land breeze happen?

• Happens at night when the water is warmer than land.
• During the day

When and why does a sea breeze happen?

• Happens during the day when land is warmer than the water.
• During the night

What is this a picture of?

• Sea Breeze
• Land Breeze