Ocean/Wind Currents

What causes deep ocean currents?

• The phase of the moon.

• The gravitational attraction of the sun

• Commercial boating activities.

• The temperature and salinity of ocean water

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The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.

• Cold
• Warm 
• Freezing
• Fresh

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Temperature and salinity differences in ocean water cause:

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

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Surface ocean currents are generated mostly by

• the Coriolis effect
• water density
• tides
• wind

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Two types of ocean currents are

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

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The Earth's greatest source of energy comes from the _________.

• precipitation
• rotation of its axis
• Sun
• oceans currents

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The way Earth's rotation makes the winds curve

• Coriolis Effect
• Cuticle Effect
• Revolution
• rotation

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How do warm-water currents affect the coastal areas along which they flow?

• Cool the coast
• Warm the coast
• Cause snow to fall
• Cause higher tides

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Currents that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called 

• Deep Currents
• Convection Currents
• Surface Currents
• Wave Currents

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The warm, strong current off the coast of Florida is the 

• Gulf Stream
• California Current
• North Equatorial Current
• Brazil Current

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