Ocean Currents- basic after reading

Where is ocean water the densest.

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

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

• clockwise
• counter clockwise
• both
• neither

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A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surface.

• Gulf Stream
• Global Conveyor Belt
• Surface Current
• Gyre

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Deep Ocean currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns
• Earth's Rotation
• Density
• All of the above

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Two types of water currents are

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

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Surface currents are mainly caused by

• The Coriolis Effect

• Cold and Warm Water

• Convection

• Wind

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Regular movements of water far below the oceans surface are called

• Warm Currents
• Deep Currents
• Shallow Currents
• Surface Currents

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Salinity is

• The salt content of a substance

• The Pepper content of a substance

• The circulation of hot and cold matter

• the weather pattern of a region

______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

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Gyres in the southern hemisphere are surface currents that turn _________ due to the Coriolis Effect.

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

• toward the right

• toward the bottom of the ocean

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