Ocean currents

______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

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_______ causes the Coriolis Effect

• Earth's rotation

• gravity

• wind

• density

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There are (is) _______ major gyres in each ocean.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Gyres in the southern hemisphere are surface currents that turn _________ due to the Coriolis Effect.

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

• toward the right

• toward the bottom of the ocean

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Currents that are far beneath the surface

• deep ocean currents
• surface currents
• current
• global winds

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Temperatures affect deep ocean currents.

• true
• false

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Currents in the Northern Hemisphere move in this direction

• clockwise
• counter-clockwise
• stright

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Movements of ocean water in a continuous flow are called?

• ocean currents
• global winds
• air mass
• front

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Two types of ocean currents are

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

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Warm ocean currents generally come from

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

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