Surface Currents

Surface currents are also known as:

• Gyres

• Thermohaline Current

• Conveyorbelt

• Downwelling

Which layer of the ocean moves in gyres?

• Mixed layer

• Deep layer

• Thermocline

• All layers

What creates surface currents?

• Trade winds

• Coriolis effect

• Downwelling

• Brine exclusion

Which location is spinning the fastest on Earth's axis?

• Equator

• Mid latitides

• High latitudes

• Poles

Which location is spinning the slowest on Earth's axis?

• Equator

• Mid latitudes

• High latitudes

• Poles

The Coriolis effect causes water and wind in the Northern Hemisphere to deflect:

• Left

• Right

• Up

• Down

The Coriolis effect causes water and wind in the Southern Hemisphere to deflect:

• Left

• Right

• Up

• Down

Trade winds are caused by:

• Brine Exlusion

• Warm air rising at the equator

• Cold air sinking at the mid latitudes

• Coriolis effect

Trade winds at the equator blow from the ____

• East

• West

Trade winds at the mid latitudes blow from the ____

• East

• West