ESS2.1-2 QUIZ

What is an Upwelling ocean current?

• Surface currents move back, and cold deep currents move to the surface

• Surface currents move down

• This is not an ocean current

• Deep water currents move deeper and surface currents do not move

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What type of current is found in the deep ocean water?

• Warm, dense

• Warm, not dense

• Cool, dense

• Cool, not dense

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Where are warm ocean currents formed?

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Near the Poles

• Near the equator

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What helps form deep ocean currents?

• Earth’s rotation

• Surface wind

• Temperature differences

• Gravity

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What factor moves surface currents?

• The sun

• Surface wind

• The moon

• Weather

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What is it called when air or ocean currents travel in a curved path?

• Newtons Law

• Continental deflection

• Warm water currents

• Coriolis effect

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Cold water currents move from the _______ to the ________

• Equator, poles

• Poles, equator

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Warm water currents move from the _______ to the ________

• Equator, poles

• Poles, equator

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What type of weather does warm water currents create?

• Warm, wet

• Cold, dry

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What type of weather does cold water currents create?

• Warm, wet

• Cold, dry

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