Chapter 3 Oceans, Atmosphere, Climate

_________________ winds are winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents.

• Summer

• Prevailing

• Tropical

• Trade winds

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The ______ Stream current carries warm water from the equator northward, along the east coast of North America.

• South Atlantic

• South Pacific

• Gulf

• Indian Ocean

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Ocean currents are pushed by _____ winds.

• gradient wind

• subtropical

• trade

• prevailing

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Prevailing winds and the position of continents determine the ______ of ocean currents.

• direction

• depth

• temperature

• tides

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Changes to prevailing winds affect ocean _______. Changes to ocean currents affect how much energy is brought to (or taken away from) a location.

• waves

• currents

• climate

• water

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Scientists revise claims as new ______ becomes available.

• financing

• proposals

• ideas

• evidence

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Scientists communicate their ideas through written _______.

• arguments

• reports

• experiments

• essays

________ is a process that scientists use to connect evidence to their claims.

• Resources

• Reasoning

• Experimentation

• Arguments

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The arrangement of continents was different in the late __________________ period than it is today.

• Paleozoic

• Permian

• Carboniferous

• Devonian

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Scientists build arguments based on _______ about the natural world.

• evidence

• arguments

• studies

• books

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