Ocean Currents 3/10/21

Deep Ocean currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns

• Earth's Rotation

• Differences in density

• All of the above

The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth rotating around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• The tides
• Gravity

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
• Both A and B

How do oceans influence weather and climate?

• Oceans cause winds to move by the motion of strong currents.

• Oceans reflect the Sun’s energy back through the atmosphere into space.

• Oceans absorb the energy of the Sun, store it, and release it.

• Oceans’ waves continually generate heat through wave action.

Constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity. It moves water around the globe.

• California Current
• Global Conveyor Belt
• Surface Currents
• Gulf Stream

Ocean currents have an affect on which two things

• climate and weather

• depth and density

• land and sea

• equator and poles

Surface currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns

• Earth's Rotation

• Density

• None of the above

This is a type of wave that you can make in the bathtub.

• Bottom water

• Seiche Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

A seiche wave could be caused by... (select two)

• wind

• tides

• seismic activity (earthquake)

• cannon balls