Surface Ocean Currents

Surface currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns
• Earth's Rotation
• Density
• All of the above

The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.

• Cold
• Warm 
• Freezing
• Fresh

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves

• clockwise
• counter clockwise
• both
• neither

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the southern hemisphere moves

• clockwise
• counter-clockwise
• both
• neither

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

Cold ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole 
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

A cool current in the Pacific Ocean near North America that brings cold water down from Canada.

• California Current
• Global Conveyor Belt
• Gulf Stream
• Surface Current

A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surface.

• Gulf Stream
• Global Conveyor Belt
• Surface Current
• Gyre

The large, circular surface-current pattern found in each ocean.

• California Current
• Surface Current
• Gyre
• Global Conveyor Belt

The name given to the main global ocean current:

• The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt

• The Gulf Stream

• North Equatorial Current

• Antarctic Circumpolar Current