Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation

Monsoons are seasonal winds that affect some parts of the world. The figures below

show wind circulation patterns during monsoons.

What causes these patterns?

• temperature differences between the ocean and the land

• temperature same between the ocean and the land

• no temperature between the ocean and the land

• coold between the ocean and the land

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The Coriolis Effect helps distribute heat around the surface of Earth.

• True

• False

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Which sentence about an ocean current is correct?

• Upwelling is caused by winds that blow on the ocean's surface.

• Upwelling moves water horizontally.

• Surface currents are caused by differences in water density.

• Surface currents move vertically through the water.

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When cool, dense air from over the water flows inland, it's called a ____.

• sea breeze

• jet stream

• polar easterly

• land breeze

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The......................... ........................... is the wind system responsible for the

movement of weather from west to east across most of the continental United States.

• movement

  &

  weather

• prevailing

  &

  prevailing

• west

  &

  east

• wind

  &

  system

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Steady winds between the equator and 30° latitude north or south are known as the____.

• jet stream

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• prevailing westerlies

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An increase in ocean salinity can change _______ and create a current.

• the temperature near the poles

• the density of water

• the Coriolis Effect

• the wind speed across the surface

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Which of the following occurs when wind blows across the ocean's surface, pushing

water away from an area?

• upwelling

• surface current

• density current

• salinity current

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The figure shows the Great Ocean Conveyor Belt.

Which best describes what this model

represents?

• how the density of water differs between the North Atlantic and other parts of the

  ocean

• how ocean currents change the salinity of water

• how ocean currents move heat energy around Earth

• how the salinity of water affects its density

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