Ocean Currents

If the Earth did not rotate on its axis, there would be no

• Greenhouse effect
• Coriolis effect
• Global warming
• Convection

This Image represents...

• Downwelling

• Upwelling

• Thermohaline circulation

• Rip Current

Movements of ocean water in a continuous flow are called?

• ocean currents
• global winds
• air mass
• front

The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth rotating around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• The tides
• Gravity

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

What is represented at point 2?

• wave height
• wavelength
• crest
• trough

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

The more scientific name of the Global Conveyor Belt is _____.

• halinethermal circulation

• thermohaline circulation

• thermodensity circulation