Ocean Currents

What type of water will an upwelling current bring?

• Warm and dense

• Cold and nutrient rich

True or False: During a normal year there will be a weak upwelling due to light wind.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of these maps is an El Nino year?

• A

• B

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which direction will an equatorial current move?

• north

• south

• east

• west

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Downwelling is caused by...

• salty water becoming cold and dense

• warm water from the gulf stream

• strong winds from the artic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the Ocean Conveyer Belt driven by?

• wind

• El Nino

• La Ninca

• temperature and salinity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Will trade winds be stronger or weaker during an El Nino year?

• stronger

• weaker

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Upwellings can be found near,,,

• sea trenches and seamounts

• equator

• coastlines and seamounts

• surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which would carry warm water?

• downwelling

• upwelling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which would carry cold water?

• upwelling

• downwelling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6