Currents and Climate

The El Niño is caused by

• cold water off the Atlantic coast of South America
• warm water in the Pacific off the coast of South America
• warm water in the Pacific off the coast of Mexico
• cold water in the Pacific off the coast of Mexico

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The El Niño will cause what kind of winter weather in the southern US?

• colder and drier than normal
• colder and wetter than normal
• warmer and wetter than normal
• no difference, because it happens in the Pacific ocean

What effect will a La Nina year have on the southern US?

• wet cold winter

• cooling water off the Atlantic coast of the US

• dryer warmer winter

• warm water in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America

What two factors are primarily used to describe climate?

• temperature and density
• temperature and precipitation
• precipitation and density
• winds and humidity

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What is the “fuel” that “feeds” a hurricane

• cold air
• dry air
• warm and moist air
• warm and dry air

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Warm ocean currents generally come from

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

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The Gulf Stream is a ______ current that carries water from the ______ to the North Atlantic Ocean.

• cold, Tropics
• warm, Tropics
• cold, Mexico
• warm, South America

The red arrows represent warm water rising and the blue arrows represent cold water sinking. What type of heat transfer is responsible for this movement?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Why do hurrricanes form in late summer months?

• They get mad because kids go back to school
• The Coriolis Effect 
• Warm Ocean Temperatures
• The Doldrums of the Equator

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In the Northern Hemisphere, hurricane winds blow

• harder than in the Southern Hemisphere
• counterclockwise
• clockwise
• less than in the Southern Hemisphere

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