Ocean Currents - 20-21

______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

______ causes deep ocean currents

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• wind

• density differences

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

• fluctuate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Nutrients are brought to the surface for phytoplankton to use at _______.

• gyres

• eddies

• upwellings

• the equator

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

_______ causes the Coriolis Effect

• Earth's rotation

• gravity

• wind

• density

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

________ 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

The more scientific name of the Global Conveyor Belt is _____.

• halinethermal circulation

• thermohaline circulation

• thermodensity circulation

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

Warm ocean currents generally come from

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6