Jet Stream and Ocean Currents

Fast moving ribbons of air that move from west to east in the Northern Hemisphere around Earth.

• Convection currents

• Jet streams

• Gulf streams

• Land and Sea breezes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Currents of Earth's oceans that circulate warm and cold ocean waters in convection patterns and influence weather and climates of the land masses nearby.

• Convection currents

• Ocean surface currents

• Greenhouse effect

• Jet streams

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The ocean surface current that brings warm water and warm, moist air the the east coast of the US.

• California current

• Convection current

• Jet stream

• Gulf stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The ocean surface current that brings cold water and cold, moist air to the west coast of the US.

• California current

• Convection current

• Jet stream

• Gulf stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is this current's name?

• North Pacific

• Gulf Stream

• South Pacific

• Antarctic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A large rotating ocean current is called a:

• tsunami

• gyre

• wave

• swell

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Ocean Currents play a role in determining climate.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The jet stream pulls weather systems through the United States and may bring rain to the areas of the United States.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Ocean currents play a role in determining climate.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6