1. If you dropped a bottle into the ocean off the East Coast of North America, where would it go?
2. If you dropped a bottle into the ocean off the East Coast of South America, where would it go?
3. A. What is the name
of the current that passes along the East Coast of the United States?
B.
In what direction is the water in this current traveling?
C.
Describe the temperature of the water in this current.
4. A. What is the name
of the current that passes along the West Coast of the United States?
B.
In what direction is the water in this current traveling?
C.
Describe the temperature of the water in this current.
ANSWERS
1. Europe 2. South Africa 3A. Gulf
Stream 3B. north then northeast then east 3C. warm
4A. California Current 4B. south / southwest
4C. cool