Ocean Currents & Tides Quiz

Which type of ocean movement is a large-scale pattern that can circulate across all the oceans?

• Current

• Wave

• Tide

Two types of ocean currents are

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

Surface ocean currents are generated mostly by

• the Coriolis effect
• water density
• tides
• wind

Deep Ocean currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns
• Earth's Rotation
• Density
• All of the above

_____________ is air that flows from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

• Convection Cells

• Wind

• Atmospheric Pressure

Winds form in response to the ____________.

• Uneven heating of the Earth’s surface

• Rotation of the Earth on its axis

• Friction between ocean current and the atmosphere

• Breeze blowing on the Earth’s surface

Winds that blow from 30⁰ latitude to the equator are called...

• westerlies

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• horse latitudes

Winds that blow from 30⁰ latitude to 60⁰ latitude are called...

• polar easterlies

• westerlies

• trade winds

• doldrums

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

The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?

• The wind blowing

• Earth's gravity pulling things down

• The rotation of the Earth

• The pull of the Moon