Ocean currents

What does the blue line represent in the Thermohaline circulation?

• Warm salty water

• Warm water

• Cold water

• Cold salty water

Which of the following types of water would SINK the fastest?

• warm and salty

• cold and salty

• warm and fresh

• cold and fresh

Smaller bodies of salt water are called

• seas

• lakes

• oceans

• rivers

Two types of ocean currents are

• local and global
• sea and land
• surface and deep
• warm and cold

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

• Deep Currents
• Convection Currents
• Surface Currents
• Wave Currents

Surface currents are mainly caused by

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

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

________ and _______ affect the ocean's density and cause the Global Conveyor Belt to travel

• gravity and the Coriolis Effect

• temperature and salinity

• wind and climate

• temperature and the Coriolis Effect

Movements of ocean water in a continuous flow are called?

• ocean currents
• global winds
• air mass
• front

Do variations in temperature and salinity drive the Global Conveyor Belt?

• Maybe

• No

• Yes.