Ocean Currents pt. 1

What drives currents at the ocean's surface?

• Sunlight

• Density

• Wind

• Temperature

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What are deeper currents driven by?

• Temperature

• Density

• Wind

• Sunlight

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Tropical ocean basins like the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico substantial ____ making these regions favorable for rapid storm intensification.

• Rainfall

• Heat

• Sunlight

• Wind

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How do storms become massive and destructive hurricanes?

• By extracting heat from the ocean

• By moving North

• By forming large clouds of cold water

• By spinning clockwise

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During either El Nino or La Nina, the replacement of _____ with ______ leads to air temperature swings and changes in humidity.

• Warm water, cold water

• Cold water, warm water

• Warm water, freezing water

• Low density water, high density water

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What are the two main categories of ocean currents?

• Surface currents and deep ocean currents

• Warm currents and cold currents

• Windy currents and still currents

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What are surface currents driven by?

• Wind and temperature

• Wind and tides

• Tides and temperature

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How do gyres rotate depending on which hemisphere they are in?

• They rotate clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere

• They rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere

• They rotate clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere

• They rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere

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What is the Coriolis effect?

• The effect caused by the rotation of the earth which creates looplike patterns

• The effect that happens in the northern hemisphere because of cold winds

• The effect that happens when rubber duckies are sent to the North Pole

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Deep ocean currents are driven primarily by what?

• Density of sea water

• Wind

• The Coriolis Effect

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