Ocean Surface Currents and Climate

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

• ocean current

• gyre

• upwelling

• conveyor belt

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

• halinethermal circulation

• thermohaline circulation

• thermodensity circulation

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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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Why are surface currents at the surface of the ocean?

• colder temperature

• colder temperature & more salinty

• warmer temperature & less salinty

• less salinty

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Currents of Earth's oceans that circulate warm and cold ocean waters in convection patterns and influence weather and climates of the land masses nearby.

• Convection currents

• Ocean surface currents

• Greenhouse effect

• Jet streams

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The ocean surface current that brings warm water and warm, moist air the the east coast of the US.

• California current

• Convection current

• Jet stream

• Gulf stream

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The ocean surface current that brings cold water and cold, moist air to the west coast of the US.

• California current

• Convection current

• Jet stream

• Gulf stream

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Surface currents are driven by _____________.

• sea critters

• differences in temperature

• wind

• the Equator

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What is the name of the surface current that brings warmer temperatures to Europe?

• EAC

• Gulf Stream

• Big Current

• California Current

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How do ocean currents affect climate?

• they cause hurricanes

• they spread temperatures around the Earth a little bit more evenly

• they make the Equator closer to Earth

• they cause the seasons

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