Waves. Currents, and Ocean Floor Topography

What are surface currents mostly powered by?

• the Coriolis effect
• wind

• tides
• density

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The Gulf Stream current makes the waters of which continent warmer?

• South America

• Europe

• Australia

• Asia

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What Ocean Floor formation is the arrow pointing to?

• Continental Slope

• Abyssal Plain

• Deep Ocean Trenches

• Sea Mount

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A rhythmic movement of energy through a body of water is a...

• tide

• current

• wave

• longshore drift

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Which letter is pointing to the abyssal plain?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

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The Coriolis Effect is caused by...

• The wind blowing

• Earth's gravity pulling things down

• The rotation of the Earth

• The pull of the Moon

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What causes Density Currents?

• The sun absorbing, storing, and moving the Sun's energy.

• Water moving from the Gulf of Mexico to the north end of the Atlantic Ocean.

• The rotation of the Earth on it's axis.

• When a mass of seawater becomes more dense that the surrounding seawater.

Which ocean floor formation is described?

The edge of a continent that lies under the ocean in very shallow water

This image depicts the...

• Coriolis Effect

• Global Conveyor Belt

• Gulf Stream

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