Ocean Currents

Analyze the image. The red arrows represent warm water rising and the blue arrows represent cold water sinking. What type of heat transfer is responsible for this movement? Options: conduction, convection, radiation

Analyze the image. What could explain why certain parts of the ocean have warmer temperatures?

What powers Earth's climate system? Options: Tilt, The sun, Latitude, The rain shadow

Movements of ocean water in a continuous flow are called?

What is the day to day changes in the air?

Which current affects the east coast?

Analyze the map.
Why is it warmer in Charleston than it is in San Diego even though they are the same distance from the Equator?

Why is it colder in San Diego than it is in Charleston even though they are the same distance from the Equator?

Which of the following brings warm water from the South near the Equator? Options: California Current, Gulf Stream, neither

What is the effect of the flow of the Gulf Stream Current on Clifden, Ireland?