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WorksheetsOcean Currents and Weather
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the following is not one of the needed ingredients for a hurricane to form?
Wet weather
Warm weather
High pressure system
Winds
The California current is all of the below except
Tropical
Polar
Cool water
on the west coast of the USA
A stretched rubber band is an example of
Mechanical energy
Chemical energy
Radiant energy
Potential energy
The ability to do work or cause change is called
Energy
The law of conservation of energy
Potential energy
Energy stored in large objects
Radiant energy is transformed into what kind of energy during photosynthesis?
Thermal energy
Mechanical energy
Chemical energy
Nuclear energy
A high pressure system is usually associated with which of these?
Rain and cool temperatures
Rain and warm temperatures
Rain and wind
Fair and warm temperatures
A low pressure system is associated with which of the below?
Cold
Hot
Dry
Rain
The gulf stream is a
Warm water current
Cold water current
Keeps Australia warm
Keeps Australia cool
When animals eat food they convert
Mechanical into Chemical
Thermal into Chemical
Thermal into Mechanical
Chemical into Mechanical
When you warm your hands by the campfire you are using what kind of energy?
Conduction
Convection
Thermal
Radiant
Light and radio are examples of
Radiant or Electromagnetic energy
Chemical or electrical energy
Thermal or Nuclear energy
Mechanical or Electromagnetic energy
Cold water travels near the bottom of the ocean because
cold water is from the equator and is denser
cold water is from the polar region and is less dense
cold water is from the equator and less dense
cold water is from the polar region and is more dense
When the moon, earth and sun form a right angle we experience
a Spring Tide
a Low tide
A Neap Tide
a high tide
Both the sun and the moon have a gravitational pull on the Earth. The stronger pull is a result of
the moon's close proximity
the sun's close proximity
Earth's rotation on it's axis
Earth's revolution around the sun
Currents that are horizontal and stream-like are
ocean currents below the equator
ocean currents above the equator
currents near the surface of the ocean
currents that are deep in the ocean
Unlike deep currents surface currents are
affected by the salinity of the water
the density of the water
driven by global winds
driven by lower temperature of the water
An unknown object has a mass of 15 g and a volume of 3 cm3 . What is the density?
5 g/cm3
.5 g/cm3
45 g/cm3
.45 g/cm3
A block of aluminum has a volume of 48 mL and a mass of 288 g. What is it's density?
5 g/c3
6 g/cm3
7 g/cm3
8 g/cm3
Convection within the atmosphere and oceans is driven by
Surface currents
Deep water currents
Moons gravitational pull
Sun
Circulating wind produces which of the following
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Water spout
All of these
The deflection of moving objects from a straight path because of Earth's rotation is called
Continental deflections
Coriolis effect
Global winds
Ocean currents
On a weather map the symbol for an occluded front is
a line with alternating triangles and semi-circles on opposite sides
a line with purple triangles on one side
a line with purple semi-circles on one side
a line with alternating purple semi-circles and triangles on the same side
What kind of weather is Texas experiencing in this map?
Hot and rain
Cold and rain
Cold and fair
Hot and rain
What type of Front is across the state of Georgia?
Warm Front
Cold Front
Occluded Front
Stationary Front
What current is shown in the illustration?
California current
Canary current
East Australian current
Gulf Stream
