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Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

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Heat from the sun, wind, salinity, land mass acting as barriers, and earth's rotation are all factors that make ocean currents form.

• false
• true

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Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 

• conduction
• convection
• radiation
• Insolation 

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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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The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.

• Cold
• Warm 
• Freezing
• Fresh

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What causes surface currents north and south of the equator to move in different directions? 

• Gases in the ocean
• The rotation of the Earth
• Temperature differences
• Continental deflection

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Temperatures in the Arctic are usually below freezing year round.

• weather

• climate

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Winds that affect all of the Earth's atmosphere and produce steady, predictable winds are

• hurricanes

• local wind patterns

• tornadoes

• global wind patterns

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In what direction do winds always blow?

• From areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure
• From areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure

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Differences in water temperature create movement in the Ocean because

• bodies of water at different temperature have different densities.

• warm water is pulled more by the force of gravity then cold water is.

• warm and cold water mix until they reach the same temperature.

• The ocean just likes to "move-it move-it".

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