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Trade winds generally blow in this direction...

• West to East
• East to West
• North to South
• South to North

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Cold ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole 
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Either Pole

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Currents that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called 

• Deep Currents
• Convection Currents
• Surface Currents
• Wave Currents

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

• Southern Hemisphere
• Continents
• Equator
• Poles

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Which topic(s) might an oceanographer study?

• tides

• clouds

• stars

• minerals

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The name of the system that causes the winds to spin in a hurricane

• The Coriolis Effect

• The Corleone Affect

• The Circular Wind Phenomenon

• The East-West Effect

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This image shows two different cities that are both located near a body of water. Which city will experience more rainfall and why?

• Powell City will experience more rainfall because there is a small amount of surface water.

• Powell City will experience more rainfall because there is a large amount of surface water.

• Dry City will experience more rainfall because there is a small amount of surface water.

• Dry City will experience more rainfall because there is a large amount of surface water.

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Why do hurricanes form approximately 8 degrees away from the equator and not closer?

• The depth of the oceans at the equator are too deep for heating and forming hurricanes.

• The rotation of the earth is too strong to create the needed formation of clouds to start the creation of hurricanes.

• The Coriolis Effect is too powerful to form a hurricane.

• The rotation force is not strong enough to create the spin of the hurricane

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Why do we have weather?

• the earth is heated unevenly by the sun

• the earth is dry in some places- really, really dry.

• the earth's surface is mostly covered by water.

• the earth has an awesome magnetic field that keeps us alive!

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The image shows a process that occurs in the ocean.

Which process is described in the image?

• Coriolis effect

• downwelling

• upwelling

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