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Surface currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns
• Earth's Rotation
• Density
• All of the above

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Surface currents move because of trade winds and westerlies

• false
• true

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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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What is the average, year-to-year conditions of weather in an area?

• Biome
• Air Mass
• Climate
• Precipitation

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Ocean currents bring warm water from the equator towards Earth's

• Southern Hemisphere
• Continents
• Equator
• Poles

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Areas closer to the equator receive more direct energy from the Sun and have warmer temperatures.

• True

• False

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Temperatures in the TEMPERATE ZONES are...

• cold all year

• always warm

• warm in summer and cold in winter

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What causes differences in air pressure?

• uneven heating of the Earth's surface

• wind

• the rotation of the Earth

• storms

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What typically happens to average temperatures as you move closer to the equator?

• Temperatures do not change

• Temperatures increase

• Temperatures decrease

• Temperature is not impacted by the location to the equator.

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Regular movements of water near the ocean floor are called

• Warm Currents
• Deep Currents
• Shallow Currents
• Surface Currents

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