Currents and Waves

The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth revolving around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• Eutrophication
• The Gravitational pull of the moon

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves

• clockwise
• counter clockwise
• in no particular direction
• in a straight path from the equator to the poles

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• Polar Regions
• Antarctica
• The Equator
• Greenland

Cold ocean currents generally come from

• Polar Regions
• Mexico
• The Equator
• Polynesian Islands

Deep Ocean currents are a result of

• Migration patterns of oceanic animals
• Earth's Rotation
• Density Differences
• Coriolis Effect

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

• Cold
• Warm 
• Pollution Free
• Fresh

The California Current carries _________ water along the Western Coast of North America.

• Cold 
• Warm
• Pollution Free
• Fresh

______________currents affect water down to a depth of several hundred meters.

• Surface
• Deep
• Electromagnetic
• Eutrophication

The current that Marlin and Dorry take in "Finding Nemo" is a warm water current known as the ____________________

• East Australian Current (EAC)
• Antaractic Subpolar Current (ASC)
• California Current (CCD)
• Canary Atlantic Middle Current (CAM)

____________ is an abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the Pacific Ocean.

• El Nino
• La Nina
• Curse of the goat
• Curse of the Bambino