Ocean Atmosphere Climate

The Coriolis Effect changes a current's path due to Earth's

• rotation

• winds

• tides

• temperature differences

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Surface currents and deep ocean currents join together to make

• the East Australian Current

• warm currents

• the global conveyor belt

• the Coriolis Effect

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When an ocean current comes from the equator,

what type of water does it bring water to the places it passes.

• warmer than expected water

• colder than expected water

• no change in the water

• temperature of water dependent on season

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True or False: Changes to ocean currents affect how much

energy is brought to (or taken away from) a location.

• True

• False

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Places closest to the equator are generally _______ because they get _______.

• colder, direct sunlight straight on

• warmer, direct sunlight straight on

• colder, sunlight at an angle

• warmer, sunlight at an angle

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Which statement is true?

• Water takes longer than land to heat up and cool down

• Land takes longer than water to heat up and cool down

• Water and land heat up and cool down at the same rate

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Water in the ocean is always

• Moving

• Still

• Warming up

• Cooling down

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Currents are affected by winds and

• teachers

• shape of continents

• seasons

• fate

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Heat transfer is really neat! It always goes from

• hot to cold

• cold to hot

• top to bottom

• bottom to top

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Ocean currents move energy in the form of what?

• salt

• heat

• oxygen

• nutrients

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