Ocean Currents

What is the cause of surface currents?

• Hurricanes

• Wind

• Tides

• Convection

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Why does cold water sink in a convection current?

• Less dense

• More dense

• Less humid

• More humid

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What causes the Coriolis Effect

• Ocean Currents

• Moving Air Masses

• The Sun

• Earth's rotation

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Does the land or the sea heat up faster in this diagram?

• Land

• Sea

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As water gets denser, what does it do?

• Expands towards warm water

• Moves to the poles

• Evaporates

• Sinks to the ocean floor

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The Gulf Stream carries warm water to the North Atlantic Ocean, which contributes

• to a warm water surface current that flows along CA coast

• to a mild climate for the British Isles

• a cold water surface current that flows to the British Isles

• to a harsh winter in the British Isles

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What affects the density of water?

• Salt

• Temperature

• The seasons of the year

• Both salt and temperature

Put the liquids in order from most dense to least dense?

• 4, 3, 2, 1

• 1, 2, 3, 4

• 3, 4, 2, 1

• 4, 3, 1, 2

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The Coriolis effect causes ___________.

• global winds and surface currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line

• continental deflection

• the Earth to rotate on its axis

• global winds and deep ocean currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line.

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A surface current effects the  ________________ of nearby land.

• climate

• daily temperature

• winds

• tides

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