ocean currents

The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth rotating around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• The tides
• Gravity

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Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

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Cold ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole 
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Either Pole

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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

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The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.

• Cold
• Warm 
• Freezing
• Fresh

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Currents are deflected to the _________ in the Southern Hemisphere.

• right
• south
• left
• north

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Where is ocean water the densest.

• The surface
• The middle
• The bottom
• Lake Michigan

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What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

• neap tide
• spring tide
• new moon tide
• full moon tide

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The large, circular surface-current pattern found in each ocean.

• California Current
• Surface Current
• Gyre
• Global Conveyor Belt

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The most dense water is found

• at the equator
• at the poles