Ocean Currents Overview

Ocean currents can sometimes change ______.

Ocean currents carry ______ around Earth.

A change in the direction of a current can change ocean surface ______ at various locations.

In many parts of the ocean, surface currents come together to form ______, vast areas of water moving in circles.

Gyres move water in a ______ pattern across the globe.

The ocean covers ______% of our planet.

Ocean water flows in consistent ______ patterns.

Scientists call ocean water flowing in a continuous path an ocean ______.

Currents carry all kinds of ______ and organisms all over the world.

Ocean currents carry energy from the sun all around ______.

A warm current moving north from the ______ keeps Japan warmer than other places.

The motion of water around Earth’s ocean is one of the main ways energy moves around the ______.

The ocean is always ______ from place to place.

The currents move across Earth’s ______ surface.

At the equator, a large amount of energy is transferred from the sun to the ocean’s ______.

As the current moves north, it carries this energy away from the ______.

The current traveling from the South Pole carries less energy than currents coming from the ______.

If the ocean water weren’t moving, surface temperatures would only depend on their ______.

A cold current traveling north from Antarctica keeps the western coast of Australia ______ than other locations.

Ocean currents form five main ______, or circles.

The maps suggest that ocean currents appear to be ______.

Thousands of shoes fell off the ship that was carrying them across the ______.

During a powerful ______ in 1990, containers packed with 61,000 shoes fell off a cargo ship.

The shoes eventually washed up on beaches in ______, Hawaii, and Japan.

The ocean covers ______% of Earth and is in constant motion.

The movement of the ocean carries ______ and objects wherever it goes.

The shoes made their way to these locations from the place where the shoes were ______.

Surprising things sometimes wash up on ______, and this can happen all over the world.

The cargo ship was travelling across the ______ Ocean.