Climate Review

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole

• The South Pole

• The Equator

• Both North and South Pole

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Cold ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole

• The South Pole

• The Equator

• Both North and South Pole

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How is a region's climate related to latitude?

• It's not related

• The farther a region is to the equator, the colder it is overall

• The closer a region is to the equator, the colder it is overall

• The closer a region is to the equator, the warmer it is overall

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The weather patterns for a given region over time

• weather

• climate

• waves

• global warming

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What is the Coriolis effect?

• heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluids.

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• the curve of moving air as a result of Earth's rotation.

• the tilt of the earth causes wind to occur

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What is latitude?

• A measure of the distance away from sun.

• A measure of how warm a climate is.

• A measure of the distance away from the equator.

Surface currents are mainly caused by

• The Coriolis Effect
• Cold and Warm Water
• Convection
• Wind

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What heats the Earth's oceans?

• People

• magma inside the earth

• a heater

• sun

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The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of the United States all the way to Europe.

• Cold

• Warm

• Freezing

• Fresh

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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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