Bill Nye Ocean Currents

What keeps ocean water moving?

• rocks and sand

• wind and salt

• sand and salt

• rain and snow

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What are ocean currents?

• streams of lava flowing through water

• columns of air moving through water

• bubbles moving through water

• rivers of water flowing through water

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Why is the weather in Iceland, Norway, and Britain warmer that you would expect?

• longer days

• stronger sunshine

• no clouds

• warm ocean current

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What causes the ocean currents on Earth to move in circles?

• the orbit of the moon

• the sun

• the weather

• the spin of the Earth

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What is this current's name?

• North Pacific

• Gulf Stream

• South Pacific

• Antarctic

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A large rotating ocean current is called a:

• tsunami

• gyre

• wave

• swell

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What type of currents are potentially dangerous to swimmers, because they rapidly carry water offshore quickly?

• Surface Currents

• Longshore Currents

• Deep Currents

• Rip Currents

An intense, warm ocean current in the western North Atlantic Ocean is the

• doldrums

• jet stream

• gulf stream

• Greenhouse effect

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What are a circular system of currents in the Earth's major oceans?

• ocean current

• gyre

• upwelling

• conveyor belt

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Where do warm currents originate from?

• the Equator

• the poles

• Hawaii

• Iceland