Ocean Atmosphere Climate

Climate scientists study:

• changes in the water cycle

• weather patterns over a short period of time

• weather patterns over a long period of time

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Which city will have higher average temperatures?

• Alpha

• Delta

• They will have the same average temperatures.

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Ocean currents move energy in the form of what?

• salt

• heat

• oxygen

• nutrients

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Which current would bring cool water to the land it passes?

• Current 1

• Current 2

• both currents

• none of them

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Currents release thermal energy, which can affect a location's

• oxygen

• climate

• sunlight

• longitude

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Winds cause surface currents and winds are caused by

• the sun

• tides

• seasons

• Coriolis Effect

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Water flowing in a continuous path through the ocean is called

• the Coriolis Effect

• an ocean highway

• an ocean current

• an ocean river

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When a current bounces off a continent and changes direction, it's called

• the Coriolis Effect

• continental deflection

• continental redirection

• global winds

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Regular movements of water far below the ocean's surface are called

• shallow currents

• surface currents

• convection currents

• deep currents

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Warm water is _____ dense and _____ than cold water

• more; heavier

• more; lighter

• less; heavier

• less; lighter

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