WorksheetsOcean Currents Quiz 2024-2025
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This is a stream like movement of ocean water.
a)
Density
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Gulf Stream
d)
Ocean Currents
2.
This is the curving of winds and surface currents due to Earth's rotation.
a)
Salinity
b)
Continental Deflection
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
Global Winds
3.
This is horizontal, stream like movements of water at or near the surface of the ocean.
a)
Deep Currents
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Surface Currents
d)
Global Winds
4.
This is when surface currents meet continents and change direction.
a)
Density
b)
Continental Deflection
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
Gulf Stream
5.
This is stream like movements of ocean water far below the surface.
a)
Salinity
b)
Density
c)
Deep Currents
d)
Surface Currents
6.
This is one of the longest surface currents that transports 25 times more water than all of the rivers in the world combined.
a)
Deep Currents
b)
Global Winds
c)
Gulf Stream
d)
Surface Currents
7.
This is the amount of matter in a given space or volume.
a)
Salinity
b)
Density
c)
Continental Deflection
d)
Coriolis Effect
8.
These are winds that blow across the Earth's surface.
a)
Deep Currents
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Global Winds
d)
Ocean Currents
9.
This is the amount of salt or solids dissolved in a liquid.
a)
Salinity
b)
Density
c)
Global Winds
d)
Ocean Currents
10.
This is when cold, nutrient rich water rises toward the surface of the ocean.
a)
Upwelling
b)
Deep Currents
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
Surface Currents
11.
The Coriolis Effect causes currents in the Northern Hemisphere to turn _______ and currents in the Southern Hemisphere to turn _________.
a)
clockwise; counterclockwise
b)
forward; backward
c)
counterclockwise; clockwise
d)
upside down; sideways
12.
The salinity of ocean water can be increased by which two methods?
a)
freezing and flooding
b)
evaporation and melting
c)
freezing and evaporation
d)
evaporation and upwelling
13.
Decreasing the temperature of ocean water _____ its density.
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
does not change
d)
does not affect
14.
Cold water currents start where it is colder near the _______.
a)
Equator
b)
Land
c)
Poles
d)
Islands
15.
Warm water currents start where it is warmer near the _______.
a)
Equator
b)
Land
c)
Poles
d)
Islands
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