Ocean Currents

If the Earth did not rotate on its axis, there would be no

• Greenhouse effect
• Coriolis effect
• Global warming
• Convection

This Image represents...

• Downwelling

• Upwelling

• Thermohaline circulation

• Rip Current

Movements of ocean water in a continuous flow are called?

• ocean currents
• global winds
• air mass
• front

The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth rotating around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• The tides
• Gravity

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

The more scientific name of the Global Conveyor Belt is _____.

• halinethermal circulation

• thermohaline circulation

• thermodensity circulation

The large, circular surface-current pattern found in each ocean.

• California Current
• Surface Current
• Gyre
• Global Conveyor Belt

What causes ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere to curve to the right?

• Earth's orbit around the Sun
• Earth's spinning on its axis
• Earth's magnetic field
• Earth's force of gravity

Temperature and salinity differences in ocean water cause:

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Deep Currents

• Surface Currents

• High tide and low tide