Ocean Currents and Climate Concepts

Cold ocean currents originate from the .......

• Equator

• Sea

• Poles

• Land

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Wind and ocean currents are caused by?

• Sun

• Gravity

• The poles

• Moon

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Warm ocean currents come from .......

• Sun and moon

• Equator

• Gravity

• Poles

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This is a picture of a

• Ocean breeze

• Land breeze

• Sea breeze

• Win breeze

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This is a picture of a

• Sea breeze

• Wind breeze

• ocean breeze

• Land breeze

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Nashville, TN is not near the equator and is not near a large body of water. What type of climate would you expect it to have?

• warm year-round, high precipitation

• warm summers, mild winters, average precipitation and not impacted by ocean currents

• warm summers, cold winters, high precipitation and humidity

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Why do we have wind?

• The sun's radiation is captured by the atmosphere and converted to wind energy.

• The sun's radiation causes the currents to evaporate and form winds.

• The sun heats all parts of the Earth unequally, causing differences in the densities of air.

• The sun heats all parts of the Earth equally, causing differences in precipitation

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The Brazil Current is an ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean. This energy from the hydrosphere interacts with and influences Brazil's climate by bringing increased temperatures and rain to parts of Brazil. Which of the following best describes the Brazil Current?

• It is a cold ocean current that moves from the poles toward the equator.

• It is a warm ocean current that moves from the poles toward the equator.

• It is a cold ocean current that moves from the equator toward the poles.

• It is a warm ocean current that moves from the equator toward the poles.

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Which is the following best demonstrates convection?

• Land and sea breezes caused by uneven heating of land and water.

• Extreme precipitation caused by wind currents

• Cold air rising

• Antarctica starting to warm as a result of climate change

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What property causes convection currents in the air

• humidity

• density

• mass

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