Chapter 16 Lesson 3

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves

• clockwise
• counter clockwise
• both
• neither

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the southern hemisphere moves

• clockwise
• counter-clockwise
• both
• neither

Where is ocean water the densest.

• The surface
• The middle
• The bottom
• Lake Michigan

Upwelling is associated with

• a decrease in access to nutrients for phytoplankton
• cooler, nutrient-rich waters being pushed up from deeper ocean waters
• temperature gradients moving water from the equator to the poles
• an increase in human fatalities

A curving path of oceans and winds due to Earth's rotation.

• Surface Currents

• Deep Currents

• Coriolis Effects

Where do warm currents get warm?

• Antarctica

• Equator

       ______ is the pattern of temperature and precipitation typical of an area over a long period of time.

• Climate
• Weather
• A season
• The Coriolis Effect

What causes surface currents to move in circular paths?

• strong winds
• the Coriolis effect
• salinity
• the Global Ocean Conveyor

______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

The large, circular surface-current pattern found in each ocean.

• California Current
• Surface Current
• Gyre
• Global Conveyor Belt