Wind and Ocean Currents Review

What is a land breeze?

• Cold air over the land blows toward the sea.

• warm air overt he land blows toward the sea.

• Cold air over the sea blows toward the land.

• Warm air over the sea blows toward the land.

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Explain the role of density in the movement of deep currents.

• Cold, high salinity deep current water is less dense than warm, low salinity surface current water. As warm water sinks, cold water will move in to take its place, creating a circular movement called a convection current.

• Cold, high salinity deep current water is more dense than warm, low salinity surface current water. As warm water rises, cold water will move in to take its place, creating a circular movement called a convection current.

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Due to the jet stream, weather in Northern hemisphere blows ---- to ----- . 

• north; south

• east; west

• west; east

• south; north

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What causes the differences in air pressure? 

• Uneven heating from the Sun

• The equator receives more direct solar energy

• The poles receive less direct sunlight

• All of the above

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The ____________ stream is a band of high altitude winds that blows from the west to the east.

• Gulf

• Continental

• Convection

• Jet

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What is the name of the warm ocean current that creates a mild climate for Florida? 

• California Current

• Gulf Stream Current

• East Australian Current

• Peru Current

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Ocean currents that occur at or near the surface of the ocean and are caused by wind

• Surface Currents

• Upwelling

• Deep Currents

• Convection Currents

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When surface currents meet continents, the currents are deflected and change direction...

• Coriolis Effect

• Tides

• Continental Deflection

• Global Winds

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The deflection of wind and ocean currents due to the rotation of Earth on its axis...

• Coriolis Effect

• Global Winds

• Tides

• Continental Deflection

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Winds that blow across the surface of Earth’s oceans, pushing them in different directions

• Tides

• Coriolis Effect

• Global Winds

• Continental Deflection

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