Marine Unit E Currents & Climate Test Review

Currents in the northern hemisphere circulate in a counter clockwise direction

• True

• False

The Coriolis effect causes objects in the northern hemisphere to be deflected to the right.

• True

• False

Hurricanes swirl in a counter clockwise direction because of the Coriolis Effect

• True

• False

Air travels from areas of low pressure to high pressure.

• True

• False

The easter side of a gyre is a warm current.

• True

• False

La Nina causes marine organisms to move to colder, more nutrient rich water.

• True

• False

What causes the Coriolis Effect?

• temperature

• currents

• the gravitational pull of the sun

• wind

Where do the tradewinds develop?

• at the equator

• high latitudes

• at the poles

• between 30 degrees north and south

Gyres are

• extended along the equator

• only in the Pacific Ocean

• circular surface currents

• only in the Southern hemisphere.

Major surface currents rotate counter clockwise in:

• Only the southern hemisphere

• only the northern hemisphere

• in both hemispheres

• in the Atlantic Ocean