COPY: How Well Do You Know Ocean Currents?

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What generates ocean currents?

  • Wind, the Coriolis effect, and temperature only
  • Wind and salinity differences only
  • Wind, waves, and temperature only
  • Wind, the Coriolis effect, waves, temperature, and salinity differences (correct)

What is the global conveyor belt?

  • A type of ocean current that moves horizontally
  • A type of ocean current that moves vertically
  • A system of ocean currents that plays a dominant role in determining Earth's climate (correct)
  • A type of boat used for shipping goods across the ocean

What are the Gulf Stream and the Humboldt Current examples of?

  • Surface ocean currents
  • Global density gradients
  • Warm and cold currents, respectively (correct)
  • Deep ocean currents

What are the two basic types of ocean currents?

<p>Surface and deep-water currents (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are ocean currents measured?

<p>In sverdrup (sv) and meters per second (m/s) or knots (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What drives surface ocean currents?

<p>Wind currents only (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What drives deep ocean currents?

<p>Density and temperature gradients (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the thermohaline circulation?

<p>A system of ocean currents that plays a dominant role in determining Earth's climate (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are ocean currents important in the study of marine debris?

<p>They help to transport marine debris across the ocean (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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