Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate Vocabulary

Winds cause surface currents and winds are caused by

• the sun

• tides

• seasons

• Coriolis Effect

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Water in the ocean is always

• Moving

• Still

• Warming up

• Cooling down

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What causes wind to blow?

• Animal movement

• Ocean currents

• Similar air temperatures

• Differences in air temperatures

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Water flowing in a continuous path through the ocean is called

• the Coriolis Effect

• an ocean highway

• an ocean current

• an ocean river

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Currents that occur at or near the top layer of the ocean are called

• tidal currents

• convection currents

• deep currents

• surface currents

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Surface currents are mainly caused by

• the Coriolis Effect

• convection

• salinity

• temperature differences

• wind

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The warm, strong current off the coast of Florida is the

• North Equatorial Current

• East Australian Current

• Gulf Stream

• California Current

• Brazil Current

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When a current bounces off a continent and changes direction, it's called

• the Coriolis Effect

• continental deflection

• continental redirection

• global winds

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The deflection of currents due to Earth's rotation is called the

• Rotation Effect

• Current Effect

• Upwelling Effect

• Deflection Effect

• Coriolis Effect

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The Coriolis Effect changes a current's path due to Earth's

• rotation

• winds

• tides

• temperature differences

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