Ocean Currents in Earth Science

Two types of ocean currents are

• local and global

• sea and land

• surface and deep

• warm and cold

Which of the following redirects ocean currents?

• Coriolis Effect

• Fish and Plankton

• Minerals in the water

• Solar energy

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How many major ocean currents exist in the world?

• 15

• 20

• 40

• 10

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Deep water currents are a result of salinity and temperature. Water moves like a conveyor belt across the globe. This process is called...

• Thermometer Currents

• Deep water currents

• Thermohaline Circulation

• Salinity Currents

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Two types of ocean currents are

• local and global

• sea and land

• surface water and deep water

• warm and cold

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Temperature and salinity are the two factors affecting which type of current?

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Deep Currents

• Surface Currents

• High tide and low tide

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A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind.

• Gulf Stream

• Global Conveyor Belt

• Surface Current

• Gyre

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Surface currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns

• Earth's Rotation

• Density

• All of the above

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The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth rotating around the sun

• Earth rotating on its axis

• The tides

• Gravity

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What is the primary driving force behind surface ocean currents?

• Wind patterns

• Salinity differences

• Temperature gradients

• Earth's magnetic field

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