T7L3 Quiz

Question 1

A large stream of moving water that flows through the ocean

Answer 1

A current

Question 2

What are the two types of ocean currents?

Answer 2

1) Surface
2) Deep ocean

Question 3

Surface currents are mainly driven by what?

Answer 3

Global winds and they are several hundred meters deep. They follow wind patterns in the five major oceans

Question 4

What do global wind belts effect?

Answer 4

Surface currents

Question 5

What are the 2 factors that create global wind belts

Answer 5

1) Uneven heating
2) Coriolis effect

Question 6

Are the factors that create global winds the same factors that create surface currents?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

warm/cold ocean currents pull water from the equator and move it pole/equator - ward. The cold water currents returns cold water to the poles/equator

Answer 7

warm; pole; equator

Question 7

The redistribution of energy in the oceans results in _____ ocean temperatures

Answer 7

moderate

Question 8

True or False?
The Coriolis Effect affects the ocean currents just like they do the air currents

Answer 8

True

Question 9

In which direction do ocean currents rotate in the Northern Hemisphere?

Answer 9

Clockwise

Question 10

In what direction do ocean currents rotate in the southern hemisphere?

Answer 10

Counterclockwise

Question 11

What geographical formation halts the flow of ocean water, forcing them to find a new path?

Answer 11

Continents

Question 12

What is a huge ocean current that brings warm water pole-ward?

Answer 12

The Gulf Stream

Question 13

What does the Gulf Stream become which warms the United Kingdom?

Answer 13

The North Atlantic Drift

Question 14

What type of weather does the North Atlantic Drift bring to Northern Europe?

Answer 14

This warm current brings warm weather and lots of rain

Question 15

What would happen to the climate of northern Europe if this warm current didn’t pass by?

Answer 15

Cold and dry

Question 16

The ocean currents that pass by San Diego are cold, so what type of weather do we experience?

Answer 16

cool and dry weather

Question 17

El Nino occurs every _____ years

Answer 17

2-7 years

Question 18

Where does El Nino take place?

Answer 18

The Pacific Ocean

Question 19

During El Nino, winds along the equator slow and being blowing where?

Answer 19

west to east

Question 20

During El Nino, the winds along the equator brings warm currents to where?

Answer 20

The west coast of North and South America

Question 21

What is the result of El Nino?

Answer 21

More precipitation in California

Question 22

Between 2015 and 2016, which two states experienced severe rain, snow, and flooding.

Answer 22

Texas and California

Question 23

What is La Nina?

Answer 23

Occurs when strong winds blow from east to west pulling even more warm weather away from the west coast

Question 24

What is the result of La Nina?

Answer 24

Cold winters and more precipitation than normal

Question 25

Deep Ocean currents are the movement of warm/cold water.

Answer 25

cold

Question 26

Deep ocean currents are caused by what?

Answer 26

the differences in density of the ocean water

Question 27

As warm water moves pole-ward it cools and begins to ______ because it becomes more dense. It also becomes more salty.

Answer 27

sink

Question 28

What are the two reasons the water becomes saltier

Answer 28

1) ice formats, leaving salt behind 2) Water evaporating, leaving salt behind

Question 29

True or False? Deep Ocean Currents are also affected by the Coriolis Effect

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Are the Deep Ocean Currents fast?

Answer 30

No! They move slowly and can take 1,000 years to complete one full trip.

Question 31

The deep Ocean currents move around the 5 oceans in how many directions?

Answer 31

One direction like a conveyor belt

Question 32

Density is the driving force behind these currents. Density is driven by differences in what two factors?

Answer 32

1) Tempurate 2) Salinity

Question 33

What are the two main contributions to life from the Deep Ocean Currents?

Answer 33

1) Circulate oxygen and nutrients 2) Transfer heat