Chapter 9

Countercurrents and undercurrents generally move ________ than the surface current above, and in ______________ direction

Slower.....the opposite

The ultimate source of most of the energy for ocean currents is

The Sun

Britain's weather is ________ than would be expected at that latitude because of the influence of surface currents

Warmer and wetter

The only ocean current that continues in an uninterrupted circle around the circumference of the Earth without encountering land is the

West Wind Drift

The immediate source of most of the energy for ocean currents is

Wind

Generally the fastest and deepest ocean currents are

western boundary currents

Currents tend to move in great_____patterns in the nothern hemisphere

Clockwise

The Earth's rotation influences currents by a force acceleration, if you prefer known as

Coriolis effect

A system of four currents completing a flow circuit around the periphery of an ocean basin is collectively called

A gyre

San Francisco's characteristic cold and foggy weather is caused by a

cold eastern boundary current