Ocean Currents in Earth Science

What happens to a current when it comes in contact with a continent or landmass?

• It continues over the continent

• It stops

• It changes direction

• It is absorbed by the land

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The two main factors that influence surface currents

• Wind and the shape of the continents

• Wind and Sun

• Sun and the shape of the continents

• Temperature and Salinity

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Thermohaline Circulation is driven by

• Tides

• Concentration gradients

• Wind

• The gravitational pull from the sun and the moon

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What does Thermo and Haline mean?

• Thermo = temperature and Haline = salt

• Thermo = warm and Haline = cold

• Thermo = salt and Haline = temperature

Where is ocean water the densest?

• The surface

• The middle

• The bottom

• Lake Michigan

Plankton are

• a type of fish

• any organisms that cannot swim against a current

• any organism that is found at the base of the food chain

• any microscopic organism

The stream like movement of ocean water in a regular pattern

• Convection

• conveyor

• Coriolis effect

• ocean current

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Effect of the Earth's rotation on the pathway of wind

• Convection

• conveyor

• Coriolis effect

• ocean current

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When carbon dioxide dissolves from the air into the ocean- the interaction is between...

• The atmosphere and geosphere 

• The atmosphere and hydrosphere 

• The atmosphere and biosphere 

• The atmosphere and atmosphere 

What is the primary force that drives ocean currents?

• Wind

• Tides

• Earth's rotation

• Sun's heat

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