Ocean Currents

What causes surface currents to move in circular paths?

• strong winds
• the Coriolis effect
• salinity
• the Global Ocean Conveyor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

______ causes deep ocean currents

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• wind

• density differences

Decreasing ocean temperature causes the density of the water to ______.

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

• fluctuate

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_______ causes the Coriolis Effect

• Earth's rotation

• gravity

• wind

• density

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The __________ is a surface current that flows along the eastern US and brings warm water to Europe.

• California Current

• Gulf Sream

• North American Gyre

• Atlantic Current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Surface Currents in the southern hemisphere turn _________ due to the Coriolis Effect.

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

• toward the right

• toward the bottom of the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

________ and _______ affect the ocean's density and cause the Global Conveyor Belt to travel

• gravity and Coriolis Effect

• temperature and salinity

• wind and climate

• temperature and Coriolis Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• halinethermal circulation

• thermohaline circulation

• thermodensity circulation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What causes ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere to curve to the right?

• Earth's orbit around the Sun
• Earth's spinning on its axis
• Earth's magnetic field
• Earth's force of gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Temperature and salinity differences in ocean water cause:

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Deep Currents

• Surface Currents

• High tide and low tide

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