Ocean Currents and Climates

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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Surface currents are mainly caused by

• The Coriolis Effect

• Cold and Warm Water

• Convection

• Wind

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Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole

• The South Pole

• The Equator

• Both A and B

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________ and _______ affect the ocean's density and cause the Global Conveyor Belt to travel

• gravity and the Coriolis Effect

• temperature and salinity

• wind and climate

• temperature and the Coriolis Effect

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Do variations in temperature and salinity drive the Global Conveyor Belt?

• Maybe

• No

• Yes.

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The density of ocean water is affected by temperature and ______________.

• salinity

• warmth

Without the Gulf Stream, the southeastern United States and Europe would be ______________.

• warmer

• cooler

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The circulation of hot and cold fluids (liquids and gases)

• convection

• radiation

• density

• temperature

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What is the Coriolis effect?

• heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluids.

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• the apparent deflection of moving air as a result of Earth's rotation.

• The amount of matter in a given volume.

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The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.

• Cold

• Warm

• Freezing

• Fresh

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