Ocean Currents and Climate

What is the best definition of climate?

• The general atmospheric conditions over a place over a minimum of 30 years or more

• The average temperature of a place

• The amount of rainfall in a place

• The distance from the equator

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Which of the following factors affect climate?

• Latitude

• Ocean currents

• Distance from the ocean

• All of the above

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What are ocean currents?

• Giant underwater rivers that flow in the ocean

• Winds that blow over the ocean

• Temperature changes in the ocean

• Salt content in the ocean

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What are the two categories of ocean currents?

• Warm currents and cold currents

• Surface currents and deep currents

• North currents and south currents

• Fast currents and slow currents

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Which type of ocean currents originate at the equator?

• Warm currents

• Cold currents

• Surface currents

• Deep currents

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Which type of ocean currents originate at the high latitudes?

• Warm currents

• Cold currents

• Surface currents

• Deep currents

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What is the effect of warm ocean currents on coastal temperatures?

• They raise average coastal temperatures

• They lower average coastal temperatures

• They have no effect on coastal temperatures

• They cause extreme temperature fluctuations

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What is the effect of warm ocean currents on rainfall?

• They increase rainfall

• They decrease rainfall

• They have no effect on rainfall

• They cause unpredictable rainfall patterns

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What is the effect of cold ocean currents on coastal temperatures?

• They raise average coastal temperatures

• They lower average coastal temperatures

• They have no effect on coastal temperatures

• They cause extreme temperature fluctuations

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What is the effect of cold ocean currents on rainfall?

• They increase rainfall

• They decrease rainfall

• They have no effect on rainfall

• They cause unpredictable rainfall patterns

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