Ocean Currents and Climate

____________ goes in the box marked with the letter A.

• Surface
• Transition
• Mid-Transition
• Subduction

What might happen if the global conveyor stopped?

• Marine life would get too much oxygen
• Marine life would get too little oxygen
• There would be no effect
• There would be a new ice age

Why would places near the north with the same latitude have very different climates?

• One place is near a warm ocean current.
• It is not possible
• Because of La Nina
• Because of El Nino

Why was a plastic toy spill so helpful to scientists studying ocean currents?

• The toys showed them where the sea floor was.
• The ducks showed that wind currents are real.
• The Ducks helped them discover trade winds.
• The ducks gave scientists lots of data to study ocean currents.

      goes in the box marked with the letter B.

• density differences
• wind patterns
• surface
• transition zone temperatures

Ocean currents can travel clockwise or counter-clockwise.  Which direction would they travel in the northern hemisphere?

• Counter-clockwise
• Clockwise
• Huh?
• I like toast

Ocean currents can travel clockwise or counter-clockwise.  Which direction would they travel in the southern hemisphere?

• Clockwise
• Counter-clockwise
• Like whaaaat?
• Towards the troposphere

________ is a climate event that occurs when surface waters in the eastern Pacific are colder than normal.

• La Nina
• El Nino
• Coriolis Effect
• trade winds

____________ is an abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the Pacific Ocean.

• El Nino
• La Nina
• Curse of the goat
• Curse of the Bambino

____________ are large streams of moving water that flow through the oceans.

• La Niña
• El Niño
• Currents
• Climate