Currents and Climate

What is the major cause of surface currents?

• dolphins
• wind
• hurricanes
• tides

What causes the Coriolis Effect?

• Ocean currents
• Air Masses
• The Equator
• Earth's rotation

As water gets denser, what does it do?

• expands toward warmer water

• gets pulled up by evaporation

• get pushed toward the poles

• sinks toward the ocean floor

What affects the density of water?

• Salt

• Temperature

• The seasons of the year

• Both salt and temperature

Put the liquids in order from most dense to least dense?

• 4, 3, 2, 1
• 1, 2, 3, 4
• 3, 4, 2, 1, 
• 4, 3, 1, 2

Why do some substances float on water?

• they are warmer than water
• they are cooler than water
• they are more dense than water
• they are less dense than water

The Coriolis effect causes ___________.

• global winds and surface currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line
• continental deflection
• the Earth to rotate on its axis
• global winds and deep ocean currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line.

A surface current effects the  ________________ of nearby land.

• climate
• daily temperature
• winds
• toast

       ______ is the pattern of temperature and precipitation typical of an area over a long period of time.

• Climate
• Weather
• A season
• The Coriolis Effect

______________ is a term used to describe the dissolved salt content of a substance.

• salinity

• temperature

• convection

• surface current