Ocean Currents

______ causes surface currents.

• salinity

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

______ causes deep ocean currents

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• wind

• density differences

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Decreasing ocean temperature causes the density of the water to ______.

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

• fluctuate

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________ and _______ affect the ocean's density and cause the Global Conveyor Belt to travel

• gravity and the Coriolis Effect

• temperature and salinity

• wind and climate

• temperature and the Coriolis Effect

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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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What are a circular system of currents in the Earth's major oceans?

• ocean current

• gyre

• upwelling

• conveyor belt

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The amount of matter in a given volume

• climate

• weather

• density

• convection

The salt content of a substance

• density

• temperature

• convection

• salinity

The circulation of hot and cold fluids (liquids and gases)

• convection

• radiation

• density

• temperature

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Differences in water temperature create movement in the Ocean because

• bodies of water at different temperature have different densities.

• warm water is pulled more by the force of gravity then cold water is.

• warm and cold water mix until they reach the same temperature.

• The ocean just likes to "move-it move-it".

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