Climates and Currents

What is the major cause of surface currents?

• dolphins
• wind
• hurricanes
• tides

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The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a...

• marine climate

• tropical climate

• continental climate

• subtropical climate

The sun shines down on this family as the play on the beach.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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Walking on the warm sand sand with your bare feet.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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Blow drying your wet hair.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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The average yearly weather pattern over many years.

• weather
• air pressure
• climate
• zone

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The movement of water from ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean is called

• water evaporation

• the water cycle

• water precipitation

• hydrology

Mammals cannot survive in

• subartic climates
• the tundra
• the ocean
• the boreal

There is a direct correlation between temperature and

• nitrogen levels
• hydrogen levels
• methane levels
• carbon dioxide levels