Ocean Currents and Convection

What is an ocean current?

• Movements of water that circulate in the ocean.

• The movement of waves on the shore.

• The back and forth motion of ocean water between the continents.

• Water that stays in one area of the ocean.

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Where would warm water currents originate from?

• Near the poles

• Near the coast

• Near the equator

• Near the center of the largest oceans

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What is the phenomenon that causes the northern and southern hemispheres to circulate in opposite directions?

• The Gulf Stream

• The Coriolis Effect

• The California Current

• Kuroshio Stream

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True or False: Ocean currents help to regulate the temperature of the Earth.

• True

• False

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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

What do the arrows on the map represent?

• size of waves

• water weight

• ocean currents

• time between tides

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The currents that move the top of the ocean are called _______.

• surface currents

• deep ocean currents

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The currents that stir the water in the bottom-most parts of the ocean are called _______.

• deep currents

• surface currents

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