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Currents & Climate

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Surface Currents affect the climate of the land near which they flow.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Surface currents greatly affect the climate in many parts of the world.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The Gulf Stream carries warm water from the tropics to .......


20 sec

Northern British Isles

a)

Northern Europe

b)

British Isles

c)

Southern Europe

d)

Newfoundland

4.

____________________carries cold water from the north pacific ocean southward to Mexico.

a)

Canada Current

b)

California Current

c)

Mexico Current

d)

Alaska Current

5.

the movement of deep, cold, and nutrient rich water to the surface.

a)

Upwelling

b)

Uplift

c)

Density

d)

Salinity

6.

a change in the water temperature in Pacific Ocean that produces a warm current

a)

El Nino

b)

La Nina

7.

a change in the eastern pacific ocean in which the surface water temp becomes unusually COOL

a)

El Nino

b)

La Nina

8.

El Nino causes.....

a)

Mudslides

b)

Droughts

c)

Crop Failure

d)

All of these

9.

El Nino is fairly easy to predict

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Scientist study and predict using

a)

Satellites

b)

Sonar

c)

Underwater vessels

d)

a network of buoys

11.

The buoys at the equator record

a)

Temperature Currents

b)

Winds and Currents

c)

Temperature, Currents and Winds

d)

Temperature and Winds

12.

El Nino is likely to occur when

a)

Trade winds are not as strong

b)

surface temperature has risen

c)

Both

d)

Neither