Wind/Ocean Currents Review

Currents that are far beneath the surface

• deep ocean currents
• surface currents
• current
• global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A land breeze flows from the sea to the land

• true
• false

The horizontal movement of air caused by the differences in air pressure

• jet stream
• monsoon
• wind chill factor
• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is NOT an example of a global wind

• global winds
• easterlies
• land breeze
• westerlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

These are long narrow tubes of air and moves the weather across the country from west to east

• Wind
• Jet stream
• Monsoon
• Westerlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The way Earth's rotation makes the winds curve

• Coriolis Effect
• Cuticle Effect
• Revolution
• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

These are the winds that blow from the east to the west

• westerlies
• easterlies
• trade winds
• jet stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where is ocean water the densest.

• The surface
• The middle
• The bottom
• Lake Michigan

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Two types of ocean currents are

• local and global
• sea and land
• surface and deep
• warm and cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Temperature and salinity differences in ocean water cause:

• Mid-ocean ridges
• Deep Currents
• Surface Currents
• High tide and low tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6