Restless Waters: Currents

Question

1.what is the causes/driving forces that affect currents in the ocean?

2.Do wind-driven currents flow vertically or horizontally?

a.Vertically

b.Horizontally

3. Are wind-driven currents found near the surface of the oceans or in the deep waters of the oceans?

a.near the surface of the oceans

b.in the deep waters of the oceans

4.What function do the wind-driven currents play in the transport of heat energy in the oceans?

5.Do thermohaline currents flow vertically or horizontally?

a.vertically

b.horizontally

6.Are thermohaline currents surface or deep-water currents?

a.surface currents

b.deep-water currents

7.In what regions of the globe do warm surface currents originate?

8.In what regions of the globe do cold water currents originate?

9.What are gyres?

10. In the southern hemisphere gyres flow in what direction?

a.clockwise

b.counter-clockwise

11. Why are upwellings important to ocean life?

12.When we consider currents and their effects on climate, what characteristic of a current is important in affecting climate?

13. How would a warm current affect the winters of a coastal city at a latitude nearer the polar regions?

14. What circumstances led Benjamin Franklin to begin investigating the Gulf Stream?

15.How did Franklin come to make a map of the Gulf Stream?

Answer 1

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