Climate Change and Ocean Currents

The _______________ helps to more evenly spread out temperatures on earth.

• ocean

• equator

• altitude

• climate

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What is climate?

• weather

• rain, sleet, snow, or hail

• average weather in a region over a long period of time

• the amount of ice cream available in a city

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Surface currents are driven by _____________.

• sea critters

• differences in temperature

• wind

• the Equator

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The Coriolis Effect causes which two things to curve sideways?

• weather and climate

• wind and ocean currents

• rain and snow

• temperatures

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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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Constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity. It moves water around the globe.

• California Current

• Global Conveyor Belt

• Surface Currents

• Gulf Stream

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The more scientific name of the Global Conveyor Belt is _____.

• halinethermal circulation

• thermohaline circulation

• thermodensity circulation

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When surface currents meet continents they ___?

• Stop moving

• Are deflected (change paths)

• Continue in the direction they were going

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Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves

• clockwise

• counter clockwise

• both

• neither

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How do ocean currents influence climate change?

• They distribute heat around the planet, affecting weather patterns.

• They have no impact on climate change.

• They only affect marine life, not the climate.

• They cool down the Earth's surface by absorbing heat.

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