Go to the Current Evergreen Project to complete the following worksheet:  

What are the winds that most affect the oceans' currents?

The _____________________________________ (40-50 degree

 latitudes) blow from____________________ to _______________. The _______________  ________________ (20 degree latitudes) blow ___________________ to _________________.

How does the temperature cause currents?

Differences in temperatures between the __________________ 

water of the ____________________ and the_____________________________  near the ________________________ cause currents.

Cold water currents occur as the _________________ water at 
the poles____________________ and slowly moves to the

___________________________________.

Warm-water currents travel out from the ________________________________

along the surface, flowing toward the poles to replace the __________________cold water.

What else causes currents?

Currents are also caused by ___________________, ____________________,

____________________ and the ___________________ 

bottom topography.

Topography is the surface features of a place.  Ocean 

topography includes  _____________________, _________________, ______________________, and

_________________________.

All these things are found at the bottom of the ocean and can 
influence currents.

What is the Gulf Stream?

The Gulf Stream is one of the strongest ____________________ known. It moves along the _________________   ______________________________________, past the east coast of the______________________   _________________________ on to_______________________  _____________________________.  Without the

Gulf Stream, England and other places would be as cold as

_______________________________.

   (Look at an atlas and mark the Gulf Stream
            on a world map using a red pencil crayon)