EEn 2.3.1 B - Ocean Currents

What is sonar

• Ice Cream

• Sound navigation and ranging

• Korean Pop

• Cellphones measuring distance

Warm ocean currents generally come from

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

Cold ocean currents generally come from

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

A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs in the topmost layer of the ocean.

• Gulf Stream

• Global Conveyor Belt

• Surface Current

• Gyre

Surface currents are a result of which of the following:

• Global Wind Patterns

• Salinity

• Temperature

• Density

Ocean currents that occur far below the surface are a result of differences in

• Global Wind Patterns

• Earth's Rotation

• Density

• Precipitation

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

• Cold
• Warm 
• Freezing
• Fresh

Two types of water currents are

• local and global

• sea and land

• surface and density

• warm and cold

What causes ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere to curve to the right?

• Earth's orbit around the Sun
• Earth's spinning on its axis
• Earth's magnetic field
• Earth's force of gravity

Circular currents that spin clockwise in the Northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Southern hemisphere.

• Gulf Stream

• Global Conveyor Belt

• Surface Current

• Gyre