Upwelling

Upwelling is the process where warm, nutrient rich water from deep in the ocean rises to the surface.

• False
• True

Upwelling occurs as the _______________ blow warm surface water away from the coast.

• Prevailing Westerlies
• Equatorial Winds
• Trade Winds
• Tropical Winds

Upwelling occurs in the waters off the ____________ coast of continents in the tropics.

• West 
• North
• East
• South

A result of upwelling is a/an _________ in nutrients in the water.

• Decrease
• Increase
• No Change

The nutrients in the water help tiny plants called ______________  to grow. 

• algae
• kelp
• plankton

Upwelling causes the water off the western coasts of continents in the tropics to  

• Have warmer temperatures than other tropical waters
• be productive fishing grounds
• produce El Nino 
• ride over cold denser waters below