Warm Up: Ekman Transport and Surface Currents

The Gulf stream carries _____________ water along the __________ boundary of the North Atlantic.

• Cold; Easter
• Warm; Western
• Cold; Western
• Warm; Eastern

The California Current carries __________ water along the _______________ boundary of the North Pacific.

• Cold; Eastern
• Warm; Western
• Cold; Western
• Warm; Eastern

A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surface.

• Gulf Stream
• Global Conveyor Belt
• Surface Current
• Gyre

What two forces work together to create an Ekman Spiral and begin the motion of the surface currents?

• weather and wind
• global winds and the Coriolis effect
• global winds and the sun
• the Coriolis effect and continental deflections

You surface from SCUBA diving off the coast of California and find that your boat has gone missing! The wind is currently blowing to the East. What direction should you swim to go looking for your boat? 

• North
• South
• East
• West

What is the only major surface current not interrupted or deflected by running in to a continent?

• North Equatorial Current
• Gulf Stream Current
• Antarctic Circumpolar Current
• Equatorial Counter Current