Wind and Ocean Currents Study Options

What are the two types of ocean currents?

• surface

• middle

• ultra DEEP

• deep

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What are the reasons surface currents occur?

• Temperature of water

• Global winds

• Earth's Rotation- Coriolis effect

• Position and shape of continents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which way does the wind spin in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Right

• Left

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which way does the wind curve in the Southern Hemisphere?

• right

• left

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is it called when water hits land and bounces off and changes the direction of its flow?

• convection current

• Coriolis effect

• continental deflection

• Surface current

What causes deep currents?

• pressure

• temperature

• density

• waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What two things cause wind?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Air moves.....

• Low to High

• High to Low

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The greater temperature the _____ the winds.

• weaker/slower

• faster/stronger

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why do winds not move in straight paths?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6