Oceans and Climate

The average weather conditions of a region
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• daily temperature
• weather
• climate
• rainy

Describes the condition of the air outdoors
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• climate
• weather
• average temperature
• arid

What outstanding weather characteristic is found in rain forests? 
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• extreme humidity
• dense fog
• extreme arid conditions
• large amounts of precipitation

 How often does the weather change?
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• Never changes, it’s the same
• Only in the morning
• From day to day and hour to hour

What is CONVECTION?

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• A breakfast pastry

• A type of dance move

• The way warmer fluids rise, causing an upward current

• How some snakes kill their prey

The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.
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• Cold
• Warm 
• Freezing
• Fresh

Warm ocean currents generally come from
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• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

Cold ocean currents generally come from
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• The North Pole 
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

Ocean currents have an affect on which two things
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• climate and weather
• temperature and density
• land and sea
• equator and poles

A strong surface current that runs along the east coast of the United States and carries warm water to Europe.
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• California Current
• Global Conveyor Belt
• Gulf Stream
• Surface Current