Atmosphere and Oceans Ocean Currents: Mapping and explaining the ocean’s gyres by Anne E. Egger, Ph.D., Ulyana Horodyskyj Pena, Ph.D., Emily Pope, Ph.D. Reading Quiz Teach with this Nike shoes and Friendly Floatees were useful for mapping and modeling ocean currents because __________. they float they were released at one time they were thousands of them all of the above Ebbesmeyer and Ingraham were able to determine the velocity of the Pacific Subarctic Gyre by __________. collecting reports of the Friendly Floatees from beachcombers over ten years using drift buoys to collect data about the gyre measuring the velocity directly forecasting the trajectory of the toys using OSCURS Polynesian stick charts and printed maps of currents are both of examples of __________. predictive models of ocean currents individual journeys in the ocean ways to share information that helps with navigation guides to the best travel routes Ekman's numerical model of ocean water transport takes into account __________. the temperature and density of the ocean water the locations of the continents and water depth the direction of iceberg travel the Coriolis effect and friction Ocean water is _________ in equatorial currents and transports heat towards _________ in gyres. warmed, the poles cooled, the poles warmed, the equator cooled, the equator The image below is a portion of the map shown in Figure 6 of the module. Use this image for questions 6-8. If you were standing on the West Coast of South America near the black X and facing the ocean, which direction would the current be moving, and would it be warm or cold? Use this map for questions 6-8. south, cold south, warm north, cold north, warm If you were in a boat at the black o in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, what kind of wind and currents would you feel? wind and current flowing from east to west wind and current flowing from west to east winds and currents from many different directions. no wind or currents The ___________ carries warm water from the equatorial region and Caribbean along the east coast of North America. North Equatorial Current Canary Current Gulf Stream Caribbean Current Score Quiz