Lesson 3 Quiz Patterns of Circulation

What are a circular system of currents in the Earth's major oceans?

• ocean current

• gyre

• upwelling

• conveyor belt

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Surface currents are mainly caused by

• The Coriolis Effect
• Cold and Warm Water
• Convection
• Wind

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Ocean currents bring warm water from the equator towards Earth's

• Southern Hemisphere
• Continents
• Equator
• Poles

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The Gulf stream (starting near the Equator) carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.

• Cold

• Warm

• Freezing

• Fresh

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Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves

• clockwise

• counter clockwise

• both

• neither

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Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the southern hemisphere moves

• clockwise

• counter-clockwise

• both

• neither

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La Niña is characterized by ______________ of the Western Pacific Ocean.

• a cooling

• a warming

• average temperatures

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El Niño ___________________ the trade winds causing the warm pool to move ___________.

• weakens or reverses; west

• weakens or reverses; east

• intensifies; east

• intensifies; west

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In El Nino, rain moves east with the warm pool causing rainy/stormy weather in California and less hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.

• True

• False

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When La Nina and hurricanes pull cold water to the surface and bring nutrient rich sediments from the seafloor, this is called ___________________.

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