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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
A movement of ocean water that follows a regular pattern is known as what?
a)
Surface currents
b)
Ocean currents
c)
Deep currents
d)
Upwelling
2.
What is the curving path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to the Earth's rotation?
a)
Surface Current
b)
Deep Current
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
Ocean Current
3.
What is a horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind called?
a)
Surface currents
b)
Ocean currents
c)
Upwelling
d)
Deep currents
4.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three factors that change surface currents?
a)
Global Winds
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Continental Deflections
d)
Upwelling
5.
What are streamlike movements of ocean water far below the surface?
a)
Upwelling
b)
Deep currents
c)
Surface currents
d)
Global winds
6.
Evaporation ___________ salinity.
a)
Decreases
b)
Increases
c)
Stops
d)
Helps
7.
What is the movement of deep, cold, and nutrient-rich water to the surface known as?
a)
Upwelling
b)
Ocean currents
c)
Surface currents
d)
Coriolis Effect
8.
Deep currents form where water density _____________.
a)
Decreases
b)
Increases
9.
What is a change in the water temperature in the Pacific Ocean that produces a warm current known as?
a)
La Nina
b)
El Nino
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
Surface Currents
10.
What is a change in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which the surface water temperature becomes unusually cool known as?
a)
El Nino
b)
La Nina
c)
Upwelling
d)
Surface Currents
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