Currents and Climates

What is the major cause of surface currents?

• dolphins
• wind
• hurricanes
• tides

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Why does cold water sink in a convection current?

• Less dense
• more dense
• Less humid
• More humid

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What causes the Coriolis Effect?

• Ocean currents
• Air Masses
• The Equator
• Earth's rotation

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Does the land or the sea heat up faster in the diagram?

• Land
• Sea

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1)  What powers oceans and wind currents?

• Corilois effect
• Earth's rotation
• The sun
• The wind

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As water gets denser, what does it do?

• expands toward warmer water

• gets pulled up by evaporation

• get pushed toward the poles

• sinks toward the ocean floor

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The Gulf Stream carries warm water to the North Atlantic Ocean, which contributes

• to a warm water surface current that flows along CA coast

• to a mild climate for the British Isles

• a cold water surface current that flows to the British Isles

• to a harsh winter in the British Isles

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What affects the density of water?

• Salt

• Temperature

• The seasons of the year

• Both salt and temperature

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When surface currents meet continents they ___?

• Stop moving
• Are deflected (change paths)
• Continue in the direction they were going

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The sun's rays are least direct

• near the poles
• near the equator
• at high altitude
• far from the ocean

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