Ocean Currents Review

When surface currents meet continents, the currents are deflected and change direction...

• Coriolis Effect

• Tides

• Continental Deflection

• Global Winds

The deflection of wind and ocean currents due to the rotation of Earth on its axis...

• Coriolis Effect

• Global Winds

• Tides

• Continental Deflection

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Winds that blow across the surface of Earth’s oceans, pushing them in different directions

• Tides

• Coriolis Effect

• Global Winds

• Continental Deflection

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Ocean currents are...

• periods of time when ocean waters stop moving.

• streamlike movement of water

• time periods when the water is all new.

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Where are ocean currents found?

• Deep within the ocean only

• Only at the surface

• At the surface & deep within the ocean

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One of the strongest ocean currents found on Earth is...

• Mississippi River

• Gulf Stream

• Lake Erie

• Air Stream

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Continental Deflection, Coriolis Effect, & Global Winds affect

• Surface Currents

• Deep Currents

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What is the energy source that powers the ocean's surface currents?

• The Moon

• Jupiter

• Earth's Core

• The Sun

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The movement of water due to differences in density. Cold water is denser than warm water, and high salinity is denser than low salinity. Denser water sinks

• Deep Currents

• Convection Currents

• Upwelling

• Surface Currents

Movements of ocean water far below the surface of the ocean. These are caused by the differences in water density.

• Upwelling

• Convection Currents

• Surface Currents

• Deep Currents

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