OCEAN CURRENTS (8TH)

Surface currents are a result of

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

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Deep Ocean currents are a result of

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

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The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth rotating around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• The tides
• Gravity

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As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is colder and less salty.

• True
• False

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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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Temperature and salinity differences in ocean water cause:

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

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Warm ocean currents generally come from

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

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Upwelling is the process where warm, nutrient rich water from deep in the ocean rises to the surface.

• False
• True

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A result of upwelling is a/an _________ in nutrients in the water.

• Decrease
• Increase
• No Change

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Upwelling causes the water off the western coasts of continents in the tropics to  

• Have warmer temperatures than other tropical waters
• be productive fishing grounds
• produce El Nino 
• ride over cold denser waters below

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