Ocean Currents and Global Winds

Which global wind belt moves our air masses across the United States?

• polar easterlies

• prevailing westerlies

• trade winds

• horse latitudes

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Cold water ocean currents start at or near the ____________________, and move toward the ______________________.

• poles, equator

• equator, poles

• low salinity area, high salinity area

• equator, continents

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Surface ocean currents are primarily caused by?

• Wind

• Convection

• Salinity

• Obstacles

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Which statement best describes the movement of ocean currents?

• Warm currents start flowing at the poles

• Cold currents start flowing at the equator

• Cold currents tend to flow under warm currents

• Warm currents tend to flow deeper than cold currents

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What is the main cause for deep ocean currents?

• winds

• upwelling

• tides

• density changes

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What type of climate would be near cold ocean currents?

• hot and humid with lots of rain

• mild with cooler weather than similar latitudes

• mild with warmer weather than similar latitudes

• dry and hot

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Different areas of Earth’s oceans receive different amounts of energy in the form of heat, resulting in global wind systems, ocean currents and weather patterns. What is the main source of this energy?

• kinetic energy from tides

• kinetic energy from ocean currents

• energy transfer within Earth's crust

• energy fron the sun

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Refer to the diagram of global wind systems. Which letter represents the polar easterlies? 

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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Which factor causes global wind patterns?

• changes is the distance between the Earth and the moon

• unequal heating of the Earth's surface by the sun

• daily changes in the tilt of Earth's axis

• rapid rotation of the sun on its axis

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Because of the Coriolis Effect and Global Wind patterns, what direction do the ocean currents move in the northern hemisphere?

• South

• North

• Clockwise

• Counter-clockwise

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