Ocean Currents

What is the Main cause of surface currents?

• Global Wind Patterns

• Earth's Rotation

• Density

• deflection

What causes deep ocean currents?

• Changes in global winds

• differences in wind direction

• differences in density

• all of the above

What causes the Coriolis effect?

• Earth rotating around the sun

• Earth rotating on its axis

• The tides

• Gravity

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

• Cold
• Warm 
• Freezing
• Fresh

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What happens to a current when it comes in contact with a continent or landmass?

• It continues over the continent
• It stops
• It changes direction
• It is absorbed by the land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves

• clockwise
• counter clockwise
• both
• neither

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the southern hemisphere moves

• clockwise
• counter-clockwise
• both
• neither

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where do warm ocean currents generally come from?

• The North Pole

• The South Pole

• The Equator

• Both A and B

Where do cold ocean currents generally come from?

• The North Pole

• The South Pole

• The Equator

• Both A and B

The California Current (west coast) carries _________ water from canada

• Cold 
• Warm
• Freezing
• Fresh

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6