Surface Currents and Wind Patterns Exercise

Surface Currents and Wind Patterns

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Surface Currents and Wind Patterns

Learn how global wind patterns drive surface currents across the ocean. Practice identifying the relationship between wind direction and water movement.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    What primarily drives surface ocean currents?

  2. MultiChoice

    Which upper layer of the ocean do surface currents affect?

  3. MultiChoice

    What causes major wind belts on Earth?

  4. MultiChoice

    What happens to surface currents when they hit a continent?

  5. MultiChoice

    Warm surface currents generally originate near which region?

  6. MultiChoice

    Cold surface currents generally flow from which regions toward the equator?

  7. MultiChoice

    What is the name of the powerful warm surface current in the North Atlantic?

  8. MultiChoice

    How do surface currents affect coastal climates?

  9. MultiChoice

    Which ocean current brings cold water southward along the western coast of North America?

  10. MultiChoice

    Trade winds blow surface currents in which general direction near the equator?

  11. MultiChoice

    What fraction of ocean water is involved in surface currents?

  12. MultiChoice

    Friction between which two things creates surface ocean currents?