Blue Chapter 2 Ocean Quiz

Which letter shows the most direct rays of the sun?

• Letter a
• Letter b

The colder the water, the _____________it is.

• more dense
• less dense
• same density

Deep ocean currents are caused by differences in

• wind and weather
• salinity and temperature

A surface current _______________ the air above it, influencing the climate of the land near the coast.

• warms or cools
• causes rain
• does not affect

Ocean water flowing in a continuous path is called a(n)

• transfer of energy
• ocean current
• latttitude

A climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than ususal and affects the weather around the world; El Nino happens in the Pacific Ocean.

• El Salvador
• El Nino

A giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circular motion.

• wind current
• ocean current
• gyre

A ____________current warms or cools the air above it, influencing the climate of the land near the coast.

• deep ocean
• surface
• both deep ocean and surface

Surface currents are warmed by energy from the ______near the _____________.

• sun, poles
• sun, equator
• sun, both poles and equator

Currents arry water great distance.

• true
• false