1) Surface currents move water vertically up and down a) TRUE b) FALSE 2) Surface currents only move water in the top 200m of ocean a) TRUE b) FALSE 3) Surface currents are mostly driven by global winds a) TRUE b) FALSE 4) Surface currents always move in straight lines following the prevailing wind a) TRUE b) FALSE 5) The Earth spins at different speeds at different latitudes a) TRUE b) FALSE 6) Which latitude is spinning the fastest? a) Equator b) Poles 7) Which latitude is spinning the slowest? a) Equator b) Poles 8) Easterly winds blow from the East towards the West a) TRUE b) FALSE 9) The prevailing winds at the equator are Easterlies a) TRUE b) FALSE 10) The prevailing winds at the mid latitudes are Westerlies a) TRUE b) FALSE 11) Wind moving North/South in the Southern Hemisphere will be deflected by Coriolis to the: a) Left b) Right 12) Water moving North/South in the Northern Hemisphere will be deflected by Coriolis to the: a) Right b) Left

Surface Currents pt 1

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