Ocean Currents - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.

Cold

Warm

Freezing

Fresh

2.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

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

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Warm ocean currents generally come from

The North Pole

The South Pole

The Equator

Both A and B

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Cold ocean currents generally come from

The North Pole

The South Pole

The Equator

The North and South Pole

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The California Current (west coast) carries _________ water from canada

Cold

Warm

Freezing

Fresh

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Two types of water currents are

local and global

sea and land

surface and deep

warm and cold

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

A strong surface current that runs along the east coast of the United States and carries warm water to Europe.

California Current

Global Conveyor Belt

Gulf Stream

Surface Current

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surface.

Gulf Stream

Global Conveyor Belt

Surface Current

Gyre

9.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Why are surface currents at the surface of the ocean?

colder temperature

colder temperature & more salinty

warmer temperature & less salinty

less salinty

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Ocean currents have an affect on which two things

climate and weather

temperature and density

land and sea

equator and poles

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Surface currents are a result of

Global Wind Patterns

Earth's Rotation

Density

All of the above

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Currents in the northern hemisphere go in a counter-clockwise motion.

True

False

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the main contributor to surface currents?

Wind

Color

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How do warm-water currents affect the coastal areas along which they flow?

Cool the coast

Warm the coast

Cause snow to fall

Cause higher tides

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The sun is the major source of energy that powers surface currents

True

False

16.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Which best describes the eastern coast of South America

and the western coast of South America?

Both coasts are affected by a warm current

The eastern coast is affected by a cold current and the western

coast is affected by a warm current.

The eastern coast is affected by a warm current and the western

coast is affected by a cold current.

Both coasts are affected by a cold current.

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Southern California has cooler temperatures than Arizona, which is at the same latitude, but farther inland. What causes this temperature difference?

the shade provided by the large number of tress in California

a cold-water surface current off California's coast

winds formed high in California's mountains

a warm-water current off California's coast.

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What causes ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere to curve to the right?

Earth's orbit around the Sun

Earth's spinning on its axis

Earth's magnetic field

Earth's force of gravity

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Temperature and salinity differences in ocean water cause:

Mid-ocean ridges

Deep Currents

Surface Currents

High tide and low tide

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

clockwise

counter clockwise

both

neither

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity. It moves water around the globe.

California Current

Global Conveyor Belt

Surface Currents

Gulf Stream

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The large, circular surface-current pattern found in each ocean.

California Current

Surface Current

Gyre

Global Conveyor Belt

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Analyze the image. What could explain why certain parts of the ocean have warmer temperatures?

the uneven heating of the Earth's surface

the rising of cold air and the sinking of warm air

hurricanes

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the day to day changes in the air?

Weather

Climate

Storms

Earth's Rotation

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