Currents & Climate

Surface Currents affect the climate of the land near which they flow.

• True

• False

Surface currents greatly affect the climate in many parts of the world.

• True

• False

The Gulf Stream carries warm water from the tropics to .......

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Northern British Isles

• Northern Europe

• British Isles

• Southern Europe

• Newfoundland

____________________carries cold water from the north pacific ocean southward to Mexico.

• Canada Current

• California Current

• Mexico Current

• Alaska Current

the movement of deep, cold, and nutrient rich water to the surface.

• Upwelling

• Uplift

• Density

• Salinity

a change in the water temperature in Pacific Ocean that produces a warm current

• El Nino

• La Nina

a change in the eastern pacific ocean in which the surface water temp becomes unusually COOL

• El Nino

• La Nina

El Nino causes.....

• Mudslides

• Droughts

• Crop Failure

• All of these

El Nino is fairly easy to predict

• True

• False

Scientist study and predict using

• Satellites

• Sonar

• Underwater vessels

• a network of buoys