Review: Ocean Currents

Where is ocean water the densest.

• The surface

• The middle

• The bottom

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

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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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Cold ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole 
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

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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

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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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Ocean currents bring warm water from the equator towards Earth's

• Southern Hemisphere
• Continents
• Equator
• Poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What heats the Earth's oceans?

• People

• Boats

• a heater

• sun

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A large volume of water flowing from one place to another?

• global winds
• coriolis effect
• ocean current
• tradewinds

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Why does heat rise in a convection current?

• less dense
• more dense
• more humid
• less humid

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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