Ocean Circulation and Climate Lesson

Surface currents are a result of

• Global wind patterns

• Earth's Rotation

• Density

• All of the above

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Deep Ocean currents are a result of

• Global wind patterns

• Earth's Rotation

• Density

• All of the above

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The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth rotating around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• The tides
• Gravity

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

• Cold
• Warm 
• Freezing
• Fresh

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What happens to a current when it comes in contact with a continent or landmass?

• It continues over the continent
• It stops
• It changes direction
• It is absorbed by the land

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

• clockwise
• counter clockwise
• both
• neither

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Gyres in the southern hemisphere are surface currents that turn _______ due to the Coriolis Effect.

• clockwise

• counter-clockwise

• both

• neither

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Warm ocean currents generally come from

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

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Cold ocean currents generally come from

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

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The California Current (west coast) carries _________ water from canada

• Cold 
• Warm
• Freezing
• Fresh

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