Jeopardy Questions: Ocean Circulation and Currents
How do currents impact climate?
Answer: they help distribute heat around the planet
How do surface currents differ from deep ocean currents?
Answer: surface currents are driven by wind, while deep currents are driven by density differences
How does convection affect ocean currents?
Answer: it causes the movement of warm water to rise and cool water to sink
How does density affect ocean circulation?
Answer: denser water sinks, driving currents
How does global warming affect ocean currents?
Answer: it can alter their strength and direction
How does temperature affect the density of water?
Answer: warmer water is less dense than colder water
How does the ocean affect weather patterns?
Answer: it influences temperature and precipitation in nearby areas
How much of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans?
Answer: about 71%
Name one major ocean current.
Answer: the Gulf Stream, Kuroshio Current, or Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Name one of the five major oceans.
Answer: the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, or Southern Ocean
What does water density depend on?
Answer: temperature and salinity
What factors determine weather conditions?
Answer: What are temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind
What is an ocean current?
Answer: a continuous, directed movement of seawater
What is climate?
Answer: the average weather conditions in a particular area over a long period
What is convection?
Answer: the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion
What is precipitation?
Answer: water that falls from the atmosphere as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What is the Coriolis effect?
Answer: the deflection of moving objects caused by the rotation of the Earth
What is the definition of weather?
Answer: the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place
What is the density of seawater compared to freshwater?
Answer: seawater is denser than freshwater
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Answer: weather is short-term atmospheric conditions, while climate is long-term averages
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Answer: the Pacific Ocean
What is the main purpose of ocean currents?
Answer: to transport heat and nutrients around the globe
What is the process called when water vapor cools and turns into liquid water?
Answer: condensation
What role does convection play in weather patterns?
Answer: it helps to form clouds and storms
What term describes the continuous movement of water through the environment?
Answer: the water cycle
Why does saltwater have a higher density than freshwater?
Answer: because it contains dissolved salts
Water Density
Water Density
Water Density
Water Density
Oceans
Oceans
Oceans
Oceans
Oceans
Currents
Currents
Currents
Currents
Currents
Climate
Climate
Climate
Climate
Climate
Weather
Weather
Weather
Weather
Weather
Weather: How does the ocean affect weather patterns?
it influences temperature and precipitation in nearby areas?
Weather: What factors determine weather conditions?
Answer: What are temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind?
Weather: What is a hurricane?
a powerful storm system characterized by strong winds and heavy rain?
Weather: What is the definition of weather?
the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place?
Climate: How can ocean currents influence climate?
by regulating temperatures in coastal regions?
Climate: How does global warming affect ocean currents?
it can alter their strength and direction?
Climate: What is climate?
the average weather conditions in a particular area over a long period?
Climate: What is El Niño?
a climate pattern that describes the warming of surface waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean?
Climate: What is the difference between weather and climate?
weather is short-term atmospheric conditions, while climate is long-term averages?
Currents: How do currents impact climate?
they help distribute heat around the planet?
Currents: How do surface currents differ from deep ocean currents?
surface currents are driven by wind, while deep currents are driven by density differences?
Currents: Name one major ocean current.
the Gulf Stream, Kuroshio Current, or Antarctic Circumpolar Current?
Currents: What is an ocean current?
a continuous, directed movement of seawater?
Currents: What is the Coriolis effect?
the deflection of moving objects caused by the rotation of the Earth?
Oceans: How much of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans?
about 71%?
Oceans: Name one of the five major oceans.
the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, or Southern Ocean?
Oceans: What is the average depth of oceans?
about 12,080 feet or 3,682 meters?
Oceans: What is the largest ocean on Earth?
the Pacific Ocean?
Oceans: What is the main purpose of ocean currents?
to transport heat and nutrients around the globe?
Water Density: How does density affect ocean circulation?
denser water sinks, driving currents?
Water Density: How does temperature affect the density of water?
warmer water is less dense than colder water?
Water Density: What does water density depend on?
temperature and salinity?
Water Density: What is the density of seawater compared to freshwater?
seawater is denser than freshwater?
Water Density: Why does saltwater have a higher density than freshwater?
because it contains dissolved salts?
Mobile Apps
Review your study material on the go!
Extensions
Learn as you browse the web and study decks directly in Google Sheets.