Tides and Ocean Currents REVIEW

A large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans is called a ___________.

• Wave

• Current

• River

• Stream

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What are the two types of ocean currents?

• tsunamis and tidal waves

• Pacific and Atlantic

• surface and deep

• high and low

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What causes deep ocean currents?

• wind

• earthquakes

• Coriolis Effect

• differences in density

Density of water depends on _____________. (select all that apply)

• salinity

• fish

• temperature

• speed

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The Coriolis Effect is caused by ______________.

• extreme winds

• Earth's revolution

• Earth's rotation

• large hurricanes

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The Coriolis Effect causes wind currents to curve to the ____________ in the Northern Hemisphere.

• left (counter clockwise)

• right (clockwise)

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The Coriolis Effect causes wind currents to curve to the ____________ in the Southern Hemisphere.

• left (counter clockwise)

• right (clockwise)

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True or False? Surface currents can affect coastal climates.

• True

• False

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Currents carry warm water from the ____________.

• poles

• equator

• south pole

• north pole

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California coast's climate is ___________ due to the ocean current coming down from Canada.

• cooler

• warmer

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