Ocean Currents and Climate Factors

Ocean Currents and Climate Factors

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science, Geography, Other

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

FREE Resource

The video tutorial explores the climate of Christchurch, New Zealand, focusing on factors like latitude, ocean currents, and prevailing winds. It includes a warm-up exercise on ocean currents, a modeling tool to understand air temperature influences, and a simulation of how changing winds affect temperature. The session concludes with homework on deep ocean currents.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What factors are considered when studying the climate of Christchurch?

Latitude, ocean currents, and prevailing winds

Only prevailing winds

Only latitude

Only ocean currents

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting ocean currents?

Continents

Prevailing winds

Rivers

The moon

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the role of prevailing winds in ocean currents?

They reverse ocean currents

They start and direct ocean currents

They have no effect

They stop ocean currents

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do continents affect ocean currents?

They speed up the currents

They slow down the currents

They have no effect

They change the direction of the currents

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary purpose of the modeling tool in this lesson?

To track the movement of tectonic plates

To measure the speed of ocean currents

To create a model explaining Christchurch's air temperature

To predict future weather patterns

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What should be added to the model to show energy transfer?

Ocean depth measurements

Latitude markers

Energy transfer arrows and thermometers

Wind speed indicators

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the simulation activity, what is the effect of reversing the wind direction?

It increases the ocean current speed

It changes the air temperature

It alters the latitude of the location

It has no effect

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