Ocean Currents Review

Currents that occur

AT or NEAR THE TOP

of the ocean are called _______ Currents.

• surface
• Coriolis

• deep

• salty

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SURFACE currents are mainly CAUSED by

• The Coriolis Effect
• Cold and Warm Water
• Convection
• Wind

The density of ocean water is affected by temperature and ___________.

• salinity

• depth

• volume

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A huge circular pattern of rotating ocean currents.

• whirlpool

• cyclone

• hurricane

• gyre

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2 types of ocean currents are...

• local and global

• sea and land

• surface and deep

• name and NO name

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Warm water is __________ dense than cold water

and rises creating convection currents.

• MORE

• LESS

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Convection occurs in...

• solids

• liquids

• gases

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WARM water _______

• sinks

• rises

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which water is MOST dense?

• warm water

  with a high salinity

• cold water

  with a high salinity

• cold water

  with low salinity

• warm water

  with low salinty

It takes ________ for a drop of water to make its way around the Global Conveyor Belt.

• 1 year

• 10 years

• 100 years

• 1,000 years

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