Ocean Currents

the water in the ocean moves in giant streams called...

• waves

• currents

• tides

two major categories of ocean currents

• deep currents

• dense currents

• surface currents

• warm currents

which is NOT a factor that affects surface currents

• air currents

• earths rotation

• location of continents

• atmosphere

air moves from high pressure areas to...

• low pressure currents

• low pressure areas

• dense currents

what are surface currents?

• a horizontal movement of water in a well defined pattern

• a huge circle of moving ocean water found above or below the the equator

• a horizontal movement of water that is caused by wind, and that occurs at or near the oceans surface.

• a stream like movement of ocean water far below the surface.

what is the Coriolis effect?

• the curving path of a n object

• caused by earths rotation

• is a type of currents

what is a gyre

• north atlantic Gyre

• north indian ocean

• a huge circle of moving water

• antartic bottom water

what causes causes gyres?

• currents

• coitnents psoitioning

• wind

• Coriolis effect

which of these is NOT a wind belt

• trade winds

• westerlies

• polar westerlies

• polar easterlies

which are NOT the wind belts that affects the flow of ocean water?

• trade winds

• polar easterlies

• westerlies