ES.5.1.3 Ocean's Impact on Weather and Climate

What is the Gulf Stream?

• A warm water current in the Atlantic Ocean

• A cold water current in the Pacific Ocean

• A type of wind that blows from the ocean to the land

• A river that flows through North Carolina

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How do ocean currents like the Gulf Stream affect the weather on land?

• They make the land colder

• They help regulate global climate and warm the air

• They cause earthquakes

• They have no effect on the weather

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What is a sea breeze?

• A breeze that blows from the ocean to the land

• A breeze that blows from the land to the ocean

• A type of storm

• A warm current in the ocean

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What is a land breeze?

• A breeze that blows from the ocean to the land

• A breeze that blows from the land to the ocean

• A type of hurricane

• A warm ocean current

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How does air pressure affect weather?

• It causes the ocean to freeze

• It has no effect on weather

• It influences wind and weather patterns

• It only affects the temperature

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What is the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather is the same as climate

• Weather is short-term atmospheric conditions; climate is long-term patterns

• Climate changes every day

• Weather is only about temperature

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What is a hurricane?

• A small rainstorm

• A major storm that forms over warm ocean water

• A type of cloud

• A cold ocean current

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How do ocean temperatures influence weather?

• They have no effect on weather

• Warmer ocean temperatures lead to more clouds and rain

• They only affect the ocean

• They make the land colder

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What is a coastal region?

• An area far from the ocean

• An area near the ocean

• A type of mountain

• A desert area

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How does the change in temperature over land and water impact the weather on the coast of NC?

• It creates wind in the form of sea breeze and land breeze

• It causes earthquakes

• It makes the ocean freeze

• It has no effect on the weather

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