Currents

Gyres in the southern hemisphere are surface currents that turn _________ due to the Coriolis Effect.

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

• toward the right

• toward the bottom of the ocean

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________ and _______ affect the ocean's density and cause the Global Conveyor Belt to travel

• gravity and the Coriolis Effect

• temperature and salinity

• wind and climate

• temperature and the Coriolis Effect

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The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.

• Cold

• Warm 

• Freezing

• Fresh

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What happens to a current when it comes in contact with a continent or landmass?

• It continues over the continent

• It stops

• It changes direction

• It is absorbed by the land

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the southern hemisphere moves

• clockwise

• counter-clockwise

• both

• neither

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Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole

• The South Pole

• The Equator

• Both A and B

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Ocean currents are created by

• Dense cold water sinking

• Dense cold water rising

• Less dense water sinking

• Less dense warmer water rising and more dense cold water sinking

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Convection currents occur when ______________________ energy transfers between a fluid.

• potential

• kinetic

• thermal/heat

• electric

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Heat flow (convection current) in the ocean and the atmosphere is...

• cool flows down - warm flows up

• cool flows up - warm flows down

• cool flows up - warm flows up

• cool flows down - warm flows down

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Is this image a Land breeze or a Sea breeze?

• Land breeze

• Sea breeze

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