Chapter 19 Extra Credit (5pts)
The North Atlantic current circle flows in a(n) _____________ direction.
The number of circles of ocean currents in the Pacific Ocean is ________.
Trade winds and westerly winds occur in ____________ around the world.
The ____________ Ocean is subject to seasonal winds that reverse the direction of surface currents.
The Gulf Stream follows the east coast of the United States northward to _____________.
The Kuroshio Current in the North Pacific makes the climate along the western coast of Asia ____________ than it would otherwise be.
A Gulf Stream ring that is 135 kilometers in diameter and 1250 meters deep is probably a ____________ ring.
Eddies or whirlpools that break away from the edge of the Gulf Stream are called ____________.
A Gulf Stream ring that forms on the Sargasso Sea side of the Gulf Stream is a ____________.
Cold currents flow toward the equator on the ________ sides of ocean basins.
____________ flow in the opposite direction of the wind-related currents.
The Cromwell Current is a subsurface countercurrent in the _________________.
Density currents which carry sand, silt, clay and other particles mixed with water are called _______________.
____________ occur when the water in a area of the ocean has become more dense than the water around it.
On the Mediterranean side of the Strait of Gibraltar, salinity levels are ____________ than those on the Atlantic side.