ESS 2.1

Surface currents are mainly caused by

• The Coriolis Effect

• Cold and Warm Water

• Convection

• Wind

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Currents that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called 

• Deep Currents

• Convection Currents

• Surface Currents

• Wave Currents

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At the poles the oceans get colder.  Freshwater is removed from the ocean as icebergs form.  This leaves behind the salt.   This process _______ the density of the ocean water.  

• increases

• decreases

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What drives convection currents within Earth's oceans?

• A. The Moon

• B. The Sun

• C. Oceanic volcanoes

• D. Human activities

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List the steps of the scientific method

d

e

f

c

b

a

Draw conclusions

Analyze results

Ask a question

Form a hypothesis

Communicate results

Conduct experiment

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Which of the following is an example of a current that brings cool water to the area it circulates?

• Gulf Stream current

• Equatorial current

• California current

• Indian Ocean current

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What type of current is the Gulf Stream?

• Cool current

• Neutral current

• Warm current

• Salt current

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How do ocean currents affect the temperature of water?

• They cool down the water uniformly

• They heat up the water by the Sun's radiation

• They distribute water that has been unevenly heated by the Sun's radiation

• They have no effect on the temperature of water

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Why are surface currents at the surface of the ocean?

• colder temperature

• colder temperature & more salinty

• warmer temperature & less salinty

• less salinty

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Regular movements of water far below the oceans surface are called

• Warm Currents

• Deep Currents

• Shallow Currents

• Surface Currents

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