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  • Q1

    stream of water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean.

    ocean current

    El Nino

    La Nina

    salinity

    60s
    6.ESS2.1
  • Q2

    wind-powered ocean current that moves the upper few hundred meters of seawater.

    surface current

    deep current

    global conveyor belt

    upwelling

    60s
    6.ESS2.1
  • Q3

    current caused by differences in density of ocean water that flows deep below the surface.

    surface current

    global conveyor belt

    deep current

    salinity

    60s
    6.ESS2.1
  • Q4

    a constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity.

    salinity

    El Nino

    global conveyor belt

    Gulf Stream

    60s
    6.ESS2.1
  • Q5

    the amount of mass in a given volume. 

    ocean current

    California Current

    salinity

    density

    60s
    6.ESS2.1
  • Q6

    the total amount of dissolved salts in water.

    salinity

    density

    Gulf Stream

    upwelling

    60s
    6.ESS2.1
  • Q7

    a climate event that occurs every two to seven years in the Pacific Ocean, during which winds shift and push warm water toward the coast of South America.

    El Nino

    upwelling

    La Nina

    density

    60s
    6.ESS2.1
  • Q8

    a climate event in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which surface waters are colder than normal.

    upwelling

    La Nina

    California Current

    El Nino

    60s
    6.ESS2.1
  • Q9

    the movement of deep, cold, and nutrient-rich water to the surface.

    upwelling

    density

    global conveyor belt

    salinity

    60s
    6.ESS2.1
  • Q10

    a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean.

    deep current

    Gulf Stream

    California Current

    El Nino

    60s
    6.ESS2.1
  • Q11

    a cool Pacific Ocean current that moves south along the western coast of North America.

    California Current

    suface current

    La Nina

    Gulf Stream

    60s
    6.ESS2.1

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