Jet Stream and Atlantic Currents Quiz

What controls an important climate pattern in the Atlantic Ocean?

• Polar Vortex

• Jet Stream

• Trade Winds

• Monsoon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the name of the fluctuating pressure system that steers the jet stream over the Atlantic Ocean?

• El Niño

• North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)

• La Niña

• Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What natural climate cycle is called the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO)?

• NAO

• AMO

• La Niña

• El Niño

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the name of the giant conveyor belt that carries warm tropical water into the North Atlantic Ocean and polar region near Greenland?

• Gulf Stream

• East Australian Current

• Kuroshio Current

• Agulhas Current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does the North Atlantic Oscillation determine when it comes to ocean temperature flip?

• Frequency of flip

• Magnitude of flip

• None of the above

• Both frequency and magnitude of flip

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the name of the atmospheric pattern that controls the jet stream?

• NAO

• El Niño

• La Niña

• SOI

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the name of the current that includes the Gulf Stream and carries warm tropical water into the North Atlantic Ocean?

• Kuroshio Current

• Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

• Agulhas Current

• East Australian Current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the name of the region between the Sahara and the savannas that could experience drought due to a negative phase of the AMO?

• Siberian Tundra

• African Sahel

• Australian Outback

• Amazon Rainforest

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4