Ocean Convection Currents

Deep currents are controlled by

• temperature

• Nemo

• salinity

• climate

• precipitation

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Radiation from the sun impacts water movement by

• density

• salinity

• convection

• conduction

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What type of winds/weather does the Peru Current bring to the western coast of South America?

Choose 2 correct answers

• Cold winds

• Warm winds

• Cold weather

• Warm weather

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What continents do the Canary Currents affect?

Select 2 answers

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

• Greenland

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What is this current's name?

• North Pacific

• Gulf Stream

• South Pacific

• Antarctic

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Compared with surface currents, deep currents are

• colder and less dense.

• warmer and less dense.

• warmer and denser.

• colder and denser.

Regular movements of water far below the oceans surface are called

• Warm Currents

• Deep Currents

• Shallow Currents

• Surface Currents

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Where do warm currents originate from?

• the Equator

• the poles

• Hawaii

• Iceland

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What is the EAC, that Crush uses in Finding Nemo?

• a Tsunami

• Waves of water in the Pacific

• Flow of water from Antarctica

• Current of water that flows along Australia

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What is a convection current?

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