Effects of the Sun and Ocean on the Atmosphere

Water in the ocean is always

• Moving

• Still

• Warming up

• Cooling down

Currents are affected by winds and

• teachers

• shape of continents

• seasons

• fate

Water flowing in a continuous path through the ocean is called

• the Coriolis Effect

• an ocean highway

• an ocean current

• an ocean river

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

• North Equatorial Current

• East Australian Current

• Gulf Stream

• California Current

• Brazil Current

Delta and Alpha are the same distance from the equator, and they are both near the ocean. Using the information in the map, how does the air temperature of Delta compare to the air temperature of Alpha? Delta is.....

• the same as Alpha. Both locations are the same distance from the equator. The winds push the ocean water, and it turns to follow the coast in both locations, so the same amount of energy is transferred to the air.

• warmer than Alpha. Moving air with a lot of energy turns and follows the coast toward Delta; moving air with only a little energy turns and follows the coast toward Alpha.

• warmer than Alpha. The winds push ocean water that turns and follows the coasts. Energy is transferred from the ocean to the air at Delta and energy is transferred from the air to the ocean at Alpha.

Ocean currents bring warm water from the equator towards Earth's

• continents

• poles

• southern hemisphere

• equator

If two places are the same distance from the equator then they will always have the same air temperature!!

• True the location on the equator determines temperature of the air

• False, it depends on ocean currents and winds and how much energy is transferred

• Maybe? I don't know? I didn't pay attention in class all unit. Sorry ;-(

Heat transfer is really neat! It always goes from

• hot to cold

• cold to hot

• top to bottom

• bottom to top

Warm water is _____ dense and _____ than cold water

• more; heavier

• more; lighter

• less; heavier

• less; lighter

Currents release thermal energy, which can affect a location's

• oxygen

• climate air temperature

• sunlight

• longitude