Amplify Ocean Atmosphere Climate

If the air temperature is 25 and the ocean temperature is 29 :

• energy will transfer from the ocean to the air

• energy will transfer from the air to the ocean

• no energy will be transferred

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Ocean currents __________ __________ throughout the ocean and atmosphere.

• cause storms

• decrease energy

• increase energy

• transfer energy

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A climate pattern that happens every 2 to 7 years

• Hurricane season

• El Niño

• Gyre

• Prevailing winds

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What causes the direction of ocean surface currents?

• Salinity and density differences

• Prevailing winds and obstacles like islands and continents.

• Mostly ship traffic

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What is the cause of the phenomenon called El Nino

• A change in salinity in the Pacific causes a change in the Pacific current.

• A change in the prevailing wind pattern that causes a change in the normal currents' direction and strength in the Pacific Ocean.

• Shipping traffic related to the world's economy.

• A change in the prevailing wind pattern that causes a change in the normal currents' direction and strength in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Alesund and Khatyrka are the same distance from the equator and they are both near the ocean. The air at Alesund is...

• the same as Khatyrka. Even though the ocean water at each location is a different temperature, the same amount of energy is transferred to the air at both locations.

• the same as Khatyrka. They are both near moving ocean water, so the same amount of energy is transferred to the air at both locations.

• warmer than Khatyrka. At Alesund, energy is transferred from the ocean to the air. At Khatyrka, energy is transferred from the air to the ocean.

• warmer than Khatyrka. At Alesund, a lot of energy is transferred from the ocean to the air. At Khatyrka, only a little energy is transferred from the ocean to the air.

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Madison and Oxford are the same distance from the equator and they are both near the ocean. The air at Madison is...

• warmer than Oxford. At Madison, a lot of energy is transferred from the ocean to the air. At Oxford, only a little energy is transferred from the ocean to the air.

• warmer than Oxford. At Madison, energy is transferred from the ocean to the air. At Oxford, energy is transferred from the air to the ocean.

• the same as Oxford. They are both near moving ocean water, so the same amount of energy is transferred to the air at both locations.

• the same as Oxford. Even though the ocean water at each location is a different temperature, the same amount of energy is transferred to the air at both locations.

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Which of these bodies of water affect the air temperature of Millsboro Delaware?

• Chesapeake Bay

• Delaware Bay

• Atlantic Ocean

• all of the above

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This ocean current brings ____ to Japan.

• warmer air

• cooler air

• no change

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Where did this ocean current come from?

• Antarctica

• equator

• North Pole

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