Lesson 2 Quiz: Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation

True or False: The Coriolis Effect helps distribute heat around the surface of Earth.

• True

• False

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Which sentence about an ocean current is correct?

• A) Upwelling is caused by winds that blow on the ocean's surface.

• B) Upwelling moves water horizontally.

• C) Surface currents are caused by differences in water density.

• D) Surface currents move vertically through the water

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When cool, dense air from over the water flows inland, it's called a ____.

• Land breeze

• Polar easterly

• Jet stream

• Sea breeze

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The _______ ______is the wind system responsible for the movement of weather from west to east across most of the continental United States.

• easterly winds

• westerly winds

• prevailing winds

• deathly hollows

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Steady winds between the equator and 30° latitude north or south are known as the ____.

• A) prevailing westerlies

• B) jet stream

• C) polar easterlies

• D) trade winds

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An increase in ocean salinity can change _______ and create a current.

• A) the temperature near the poles

• B) the density of water

• C) the Coriolis Effect

• D) the wind speed across the surface

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Which of the following occurs when wind blows across the ocean's surface, pushing water away from an area?

• A) upwelling

• B) surface current

• C) density current

• D) salinity current

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Which of the following countries experiences the hottest temperatures?

• China

• Canada

• Cuba

• Colombia