Ocean Atmosphere Climate Amplify

Both Comodoro Rivadavia (CR), Argentina and Puerto Aysen (PA), Chile are coastal cities an equal distance from the equator. What is most likely the cause of their differences in temperature?

• Energy flows from the ocean to the air in both locations.

• Energy flows from the air to the ocean in both locations.

• Energy flows from the ocean to the air in PA, while energy flows from the air to the water in CR.

• Energy flows from the ocean to the air in CR, while energy flows from the air to the water in PA.

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Oceanside, Oregon(O)and Comodoro Rivadavia(CR), Argentina are coastal cities an equal distance from the equator. Why do their graphs of average temperature look so different?

• They are in opposite hemispheres, but while energy is flowing from hot to cold in O it is flowing from hot to cold in CR.

• They are in the same hemisphere, but while energy is flowing from hot to cold in O it is flowing from hot to cold in CR.

• They are in the same hemisphere, so while energy is flowing from the ocean to the air in O it is flowing from the ocean to the air in CR.

• They are in opposite hemispheres, so while energy is transferred from air to the ocean in O it is transferred from the ocean to the air in CR.

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True or false: Ocean currents have no effect on air temperature

• True

• False

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Ocean water, generally, is _______________ near the equator.

• warmer

• colder

• choppy

• more dense

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If the air temperature is 25 and the ocean temperature is 29 :

• energy will transfer from the ocean to the air

• energy will transfer from the air to the ocean

• no energy will be transferred

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Ocean currents __________ __________ throughout the ocean and atmosphere.

• cause storms

• decrease energy

• increase energy

• transfer energy

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A climate pattern that happens every 2 to 7 years

• Hurricane season

• El Niño

• Gyre

• Prevailing winds

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What causes the direction of ocean surface currents?

• Salinity and density differences

• Prevailing winds and obstacles like islands and continents.

• Mostly ship traffic

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Ocean water flows in continuous paths called -

• climates

• prevailing winds

• poles

• currents

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Warm currents generally originate from the ___________ and cold currents generally originate from the __________.

• Poles, Equator

• Equator, Continents

• Poles, Continents

• Equator, Poles

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