currents

What force guides the movement of deep currents?

• density differences
• wind
• Coriolis Effect
• continental barriers

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The horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and occurs at or near the ocean's surface is a(n) _________________.

• density current
• surface current
• turbidity current

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The two categories of ocean currents are _____________________.

• salinity, temperature
• density, temperature
• surface, deep
• freshwater, saltwater

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Cold ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole 
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

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Two types of water currents are

• local and global
• sea and land
• surface and deep
• warm and cold

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Ocean currents have an affect on which two things

• climate and weather
• temperature and density
• land and sea
• equator and poles

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Temperature affects this greatly

• color
• density
• chlorine
• thermocline

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The amount of dissolved solids present in the water

• salinity
• chlorine
• nitrogen
• density

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Surface currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns
• Earth's Rotation
• Density
• All of the above

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Deep Ocean currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns
• Earth's Rotation
• Density
• All of the above

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