Ocean Currents

What are the two main types of ocean currents?

• Surface and Deep

• Warm and Cold

• Horizontal and Vertical

• Clockwise and Counterclockwise

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What primarily causes surface ocean currents?

• Differences in water density

• Wind and the Coriolis Effect

• Solar warming of ocean water

• Unequal heating of the Earth

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What is the Coriolis Effect?

• The warming of ocean water by the sun

• The process of water moving from high to low density

• The curving of the paths of fluids due to Earth's rotation

• The transfer of heat by ocean convection currents

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What controls the density of seawater?

• Wind and Earth's rotation

• Temperature and salinity

• Solar energy and convection currents

• Unequal heating and rotation of the Earth

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What happens to dense, cold water in the ocean?

• It rises to the surface

• It sinks

• It moves horizontally

• It evaporates

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What is the Global Ocean Conveyor Belt?

• A system of ocean currents that transfer heat globally

• A belt used to measure ocean temperature

• A tool for studying the Coriolis Effect

• A method for desalinating seawater

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What causes water to move vertically in the ocean?

• Wind and the Coriolis Effect

• Differences in water density

• Solar warming of the surface

• Unequal heating of the atmosphere

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What primarily drives surface ocean currents?

• Wind.

• Earth's magnetic field.

• The moon's gravity.

• Volcanic activity.

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What controls the density of seawater, which influences deep ocean currents?

• Temperature and salinity.

• Wind and sunlight.

• Earth's rotation and gravity.

• Ocean floor topography.

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What is the Coriolis Effect?

• The deflection of moving objects due to Earth's rotation.

• The heating of ocean water by the sun.

• The movement of water from high to low density areas.

• The creation of ocean waves by wind.

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