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A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surface.

• Gulf Stream
• Global Conveyor Belt
• Surface Current
• Gyre

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What does the earth's atmosphere do?

• help to regulate the temperature on Earth
• Help UV rays to reach the Earth's surface
• Creates meteors in the sky
• Keep ocean waters cold

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Texas has long, hot summers.

• Climate
• Weather

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Gyres in the southern hemisphere are surface currents that turn _________ due to the Coriolis Effect.

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

• toward the right

• toward the bottom of the ocean

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

• gravity and the Coriolis Effect

• temperature and salinity

• wind and climate

• temperature and the Coriolis Effect

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What makes the surface of the ocean a different temperature from the rest?

• global warming

• the sun

• human activities

• glaciers melting

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Temperatures in the TROPICAL ZONES are...

• cold all year

• always warm

• warm in summer and cold in winter

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Carly is researching climate and weather for a class project. She writes down observations as examples of climate and weather.

Which observation is about climate?

• The average annual precipitation for the region is 70 centimeters.

• The high temperature last Thursday is the hottest on record.

• It is supposed to become warmer next week.

• It has been raining every day for 5 days.

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What makes global winds curve rather than move in straight lines North and South?

• Coriolis Effect

• Density of the air

• Temperature of the air

• Pressure of the air

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The energy that generates wind comes from what source?

• Solar radiation

• Magnetic attraction

• Moon's gravity

• Coriolis effect

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