Ocean and Air Currents

Which best describes the Gulf Stream?

• A cold ocean current that cools the weather off near Australia.

• A cold ocean current that helps decrease global warming.

• A warm ocean current that influences weather along the east coast of the U.S. and up toward Europe.

• A warm ocean current that influences weather in Cuba and moves toward Antarctica.

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Look at the picture. Which of the following statements best explains why the city of Hopedale is cooler than the city of Stornoway?

• Hopedale has a longer duration of isolation each day.

• Hopedale is influenced by a cold ocean current.

• Stornoway is farther from the equator

• Stornoway is on a different continent

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How do deep ocean currents form?

• The form as warm, dense water sinks and flows beneath cold ocean water.

• They form as cold, dense water sinks and flows beneath warm ocean water.

• They form as warm, dense water sinks and flows with other warm ocean water.

• The wind blows causing the deep ocean currents.

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Which of the following does NOT affect surface currents?

• strength of the wind

• presence of the wind

• latitude and longitude

• speed of the wind

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What is this current's name?

• North Pacific

• Gulf Stream

• South Pacific

• Antarctic

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A large rotating ocean current is called a:

• tsunami

• gyre

• wave

• swell

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What type of currents are potentially dangerous to swimmers, because they rapidly carry water offshore?

• Surface Currents

• Longshore Currents

• Deep Currents

• Rip Currents

What type of currents are potentially dangerous to swimmers, because they rapidly carry water offshore quickly?

• Surface Currents

• Longshore Currents

• Deep Currents

• Rip Currents

Most ocean waves are formed by

• earthquakes

• landslides

• impacts of cosmic bodies

• wind

Which of the following does NOT control surface currents?

• tides

• global wind

• Coriolis Effect

• continental deflections (bouncing off of the continents)

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