Chapter 2 Lessons 3 & 4: Currents & Climates and Ocean Habitats

A large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans carrying water from one place to another.

• Wave

• Current

• Coriolis Effect

• Climate

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Surface currents are driven mainly by what?

• Winds

• Animal migrations

• Sun's energy

• Moon's gravitational pull

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Involves Earth's rotation and causes the currents to move in certain circular directions.

• Solomon Effect

• Columbus Effect

• Coriolis Effect

• Equatorial Effect

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The Coriolis Effect causes winds and currents in the Southern Hemisphere to turn in which direction?

• Clockwise

• Counterclockwise

• Vertically

• Horizontally

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The Coriolis Effect causes winds and currents in the Northern Hemisphere to turn in which direction?

• Clockwise

• Counterclockwise

• Vertically

• Horizontally

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What type of current is the Gulf Stream?

• Deep Current

• Surface Current

• Transitional Current

• None of the above

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How does the Gulf Stream impact the climates of North Carolina and Virginia?

• It provides an extremely hot climate

• It provides an extremely cold climate

• It provides a moderate climate

• It doesn't impact the climate

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A climate event that occurs every 2-7 years in the Pacific Ocean that causes a vast sheet of warm water to move east toward the South American coast and prevents cold deep water from moving to the surface.

• La Nina

• El Nino

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A climate event that occurs when surface waters in the eastern Pacific are colder than normal and which brings colder than normal winters and greater precipitation to the Pacific Northwest and the north central US.

• La Nina

• El Nino

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What causes deep currents?

• Differences in water temperature only

• Differences in water salinity only

• Differences in both water temperature and salinity

• None of the above

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