Ocean Current

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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Currents that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called 

• Deep Currents

• Convection Currents

• Surface Currents

• Wave Currents

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Surface currents are mainly caused by

• The Coriolis Effect

• Cold and Warm Water

• Convection

• Wind

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The movement of deep, cold, nutrient filled water to the surface of the ocean is..

• Ocean Current

• Upwelling

• Deep Currents

• Surface Currents

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The California Current (west coast) carries _________ water from canada

• Cold 

• Warm

• Freezing

• Fresh

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What is the EAC, that Crush uses in Finding Nemo?

• a Tsunami

• Waves of water in the Pacific

• Flow of water from Antarctica

• Current of water that flows along Australia

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The Gulf Stream is a ___________ surface current.

• cold

• warm

• weak

• purple

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Deep Ocean currents caused by

• Global Wind Patterns

• Earth's Rotation

• Differences in density

• All of the above

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What do we call the constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by differences in temperature and salinity?

• California Current

• Global Conveyor Belt

• Surface Currents

• Gulf Stream

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In both the Indian and Pacific Oceans, deep water begins to warm up and ______________, joining back in with the Gulf Stream.

• sinks

• rises

• freezes

• evaporates

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