Nike shoes and Friendly Floatees were useful for mapping and modeling ocean currents because __________.
Ebbesmeyer and Ingraham were able to determine the velocity of the Pacific Subarctic Gyre by __________.
Polynesian stick charts and printed maps of currents are both of examples of __________.
Ekman's numerical model of ocean water transport takes into account __________.
Ocean water is _________ in equatorial currents and transports heat towards _________ in gyres.
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?
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?
The ___________ carries warm water from the equatorial region and Caribbean along the east coast of North America.
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