Climate Zones and Ocean Currents

Warm air _____.

• sinks

• rises

• originates at the poles

• is red

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Wind is one cause of ______.

• ocean tides

• rain storms

• surface ocean currents

• deep ocean currents

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The Coriolis effect causes fluids to appear to _______.

• rise

• sink

• float

• bend

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Ecuador is found in which climate zone?

• Temperate

• Tropical

• Polar

• Sub-tropical

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What causes surface currents north and south of the equator to move in different directions? 

• Gases in the ocean

• The rotation of the Earth

• Temperature differences

• Continental deflection

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Cold ocean currents originate near the ​ (a)   because this is where the Earth receives the least amount of heat. Warm ocean currents originate near the ​ (b)   because this is where the Earth gets the most direct energy from the ​ (c)   .

• equator

• Sun

• Poles

• continents

• jet stream

• hurricanes

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Warmer, more humid & cloudier = ​ (a)  

Clear, cooler & drier = ​ (b)  

• Warm Ocean Current

• Cool Ocean Current

• ​ Jovian (Gas Giant) Planets

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Warmer, more humid & cloudier = ​ (a)  

Clear, cooler & drier = ​ (b)  

• Warm Ocean Current

• Cool Ocean Current

• ​ Jovian (Gas Giant) Planets

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A continuous, directed movement

of sea water which can be

generated by wind, the Coriolis

effect, or density

• Ocean Current

• Climate

• Convection Cell

• Density

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The long-term average of weather,

typically averaged over a period of

30 years.

• Ocean Current

• Climate

• Convection Cell

• Density

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