Ocean Currents

The movement of deep, cold, nutrient filled water to the surface of the ocean after the winds move the warmer water away is called _______.

• Ocean Current

• Upwelling

• Deep Currents

• Surface Currents

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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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Surface currents are mainly formed by and driven by the ______.

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

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Regular movements of ocean water formed by density and are far below the surface, are called

_________.

• Warm Currents
• Deep Currents
• Shallow Currents
• Surface Currents

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Ocean water is more dense than fresh water at the same temperature due to differences in _________.

• Wind patterns
•  Lifeforms
• Currents
• Salinity

Deep Ocean currents are primarily caused by ________.

• temperature and salinity

• wind

• gravity

• precipitation

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

• Gulf Stream

  Current

• California Current
• North Equatorial Current
• Brazil Current

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When surface currents meet continents they ___?

• Stop moving

• Are deflected (change paths)

• Continue in the direction they were going

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Salt water is ____________ fresh water.

• more dense than

• less dense than

• the same density as

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Analyze the image. What could explain why certain parts of the ocean have warmer temperatures?

• the uneven heating of the Earth's surface
• the rising of cold air and the sinking of warm air
• hurricanes

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