Draft

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves

• clockwise

• counter clockwise

• both

• neither

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The poles

• Hadley Cells

• The Polar Regions

• The Equator

______ causes surface currents.

• Wind

• Hadley Cells

• Gravity

• Bioluminescence

What causes ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere to curve to the right?

• Earth's orbit around the Sun

• Earth's spinning on its axis

• Earth's magnetic field

• Earth's force of gravity

Which of the following has the least effect on ocean current patterns?

• The shape of an ocean basin

• Wind patterns

• Landmasses as barriers to the movement of water

• The migratory patterns of sea life

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The warm water from _______ is responsible for moderating the climate of Western Europe.

• the Canadian Drift

• the Benguala Current

• the North Atlantic Drift

• the Saharan Current

Coastal _______ of the world usually border cold ocean currents.

• rain shadows

• mountain ranges

• rain forests

• deserts

El Niño is a term coined years ago by fishermen who noticed that the normally _____ waters off the coasts of Ecuador and Peru were considerably _____ every 3 or 4 years around Christmas time, hence the name which is Spanish for “the child,” referring to the infant Jesus.

• cool; warmer

• warm; cooler

• warm; warmer

• cool; cooler

Which of the following is NOT a type of source region for air masses?

• continental polar

• maritime continental

• continental tropical

• maritime tropical

The Amazon River Basin is associated with this kind of air mass

• Maritime Equatorial

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Tropical

• Equatorial Tropical