coastal winds and ocean temperature

What causes deep ocean currents?

• The phase of the moon.

• The gravitational attraction of the sun

• The temperature and salinity of ocean water

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

• Cold

• Warm

• Fresh

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Surface ocean currents are generated mostly by

• the Coriolis effect

• water density

• wind

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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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The Earth's greatest source of energy comes from the _________.

• precipitation

• rotation of its axis

• Sun

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The way Earth's rotation makes the winds curve

• Coriolis Effect
• Cuticle Effect
• Revolution
• rotation

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How do warm-water currents affect the coastal areas along which they flow?

• Cool the coast

• Warm the coast

• Cause higher tides

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Currents that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called

• Deep Currents

• Convection Currents

• Surface Currents

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

• Gulf Stream

• California Current

• Brazil Current

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What causes the Coriolis Effect?

• Ocean currents

• Air Masses

• Earth's rotation

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