Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate

Water in the ocean is always

• Moving

• Still

Ocean currents move energy in the form of

• salt

• heat

• oxygen

• nutrients

TRUE or FALSE: Energy from the sun is transferred to Earth's surface.

• True

• False

A location’s air temperature is affected by it

• distance from the exosphere

• distance from the equator

• distance from the sun

• distance from the mesosphere

When an ocean current comes from a pole,

it brings what type of water to the places it passes.

• faster current than expected

• denser than expected

• colder than expected

• warm than expected

How does energy transfer?

• From colder to warmer

• From warmer to warmer

• From colder to colder

• From warmer to colder

TRUE or FALSE: Warmer currents transfer energy to warmer air and warmer air transfers energy to warmer currents.

• True

• False

The position of continents and _______

determines the direction of ocean currents

• rotation of earth

• cold water

• prevailing winds

• warm water

A location’s air temperature is determined by the amount of _____________ in the air.

• water

• heat

• energy

• latitude

The lower the temperature, the more energy an object has.

• True

• False