Ocean Currents

Movements of ocean water in a continuous flow are called?

• ocean currents

• global winds

• air mass

• front

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• Downwelling

• Upwelling

• Thermohaline circulation

• Rip Current

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole

• The South Pole

• The Equator

• Both A and B

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The large, circular surface-current pattern found in each ocean.

• California Current

• Surface Current

• Gyre

• Global Conveyor Belt

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A large rotating ocean current is called a:

• tsunami

• gyre

• wave

• swell

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What type of currents are potentially dangerous to swimmers, because they rapidly carry water offshore quickly?

• Surface Currents

• Longshore Currents

• Deep Currents

• Rip Currents

Regular movements of water far below the oceans surface are called

• Warm Currents

• Deep Currents

• Shallow Currents

• Surface Currents

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What type of currents are potentially dangerous to swimmers, because they rapidly carry water offshore?

• Surface Currents

• Longshore Currents

• Deep Currents

• Rip Currents

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What are a circular system of currents in the Earth's major oceans?

• ocean current

• gyre

• upwelling

• conveyor belt

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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

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