Ocean Currents and Wind

Surface ocean currents are primarily caused by?

• Wind

• Convection

• Salinity

• Obstacles

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Because of the Coriolis Effect and Global Wind patterns, what direction do the ocean currents move in the northern hemisphere?

• South

• North

• Clockwise

• Counter-clockwise

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Cold water ocean currents start at or near the ____________________, and move toward the ______________________.

• poles, equator

• equator, poles

• low salinity area, high salinity area

• equator, continents

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Which statement best describes the movement of ocean currents?

• Warm currents start flowing at the poles

• Cold currents start flowing at the equator

• Cold currents tend to flow under warm currents

• Warm currents tend to flow deeper than cold currents

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A large rotating ocean current is called a:

• tsunami

• gyre

• wave

• swell

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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 this current's name?

• North Pacific

• Gulf Stream

• South Pacific

• Antarctic

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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

What type of climate would be near cold ocean currents?

• hot and humid with lots of rain

• mild with cooler weather than similar latitudes

• mild with warmer weather than similar latitudes

• dry and hot

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Different areas of Earth’s oceans receive different amounts of energy in the form of heat, resulting in global wind systems, ocean currents and weather patterns. What is the main source of this energy?

• kinetic energy from tides

• kinetic energy from ocean currents

• energy transfer within Earth's crust

• energy fron the sun

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