Ocean Currents

The two types of ocean currents are __________ and _________.

• salty and saltier

• deep and surface

• large and small

• shallow and deep

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The amount of salt in water is....

• temperature

• pollution

• salinity

• density

Earth's _________ causes ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere to curve clockwise.

• orbit around the sun

• spinning on its axis

• magnetic field

• gravity

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When a current comes into contact with a continent or landmass it .....

• continues over the continent

• stops

• changes direction

• is absorbed by the land

Ocean currents have an effect on ......

• climate and weather

• temperature and weather

• weather and density

• salinity and climate

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What process brings the deep cold ocean currents up to the surface?

• density

• wind patterns

• temperature

• convection currents

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The Coriolis Effect is caused by....

• Earth rotating around the sun.

• Earth rotating on its axis.

• the tides.

• gravity.

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Warm ocean currents generally come from the area of the

• North Pole

• Equator

• South Pole

• All of these

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The horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and the Coriolis Effect.

• surface currents

• deep ocean currents

• Global Conveyer Belt

• convection currents

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The _____________ is a system of constantly moving ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity. It circumnavigates the globe.

• California Current

• Global Conveyer Belt

• surface currents

• Gulf Stream

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