Climate & Ocean Currents

Earth’s climate system is powered mainly by energy from:

• Tilt
• The sun
• Latitude
• The rain shadow

Movements of ocean water in a continuous flow are called?

• ocean currents
• global winds
• air mass
• front

The _______ of  a mountain range is the side that receives a lot of precipitation.

• dry side
• leeward/dry side
• windward/wet side
• cloudy side

What is the day to day changes in the air?

• Weather
• Climate
• Storms
• Earth's Rotation

What type of instrument measures the humidity in the air?

• hygrometer
• barometer
• anemometer
• rain gauge

Two types of ocean currents are

• local and global
• sea and land
• surface and deep
• warm and cold

Surface currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns & Continents
• Earth's Rotation & Convection Currents
• Density
• All of the above

Temperature and salinity differences in ocean water cause:

• Mid-ocean ridges
• Deep Currents
• Surface Currents
• High tide and low tide

As salinity  increases

• Density increases
• Density decreases

As Density  increases

• Temperature decreases
• Temperature increases