DataStreme Ocean - Week Six Investigation Answer Form

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Investigation 6A Answers

  1. (clockwise) (counterclockwise)

  2. (straight) (curved)

  3. (clockwise) (counterclockwise)

  4. (Earth's absolute sense of rotation) (Your viewing of the same rotation from opposite directions)

  5. (straight) (curved)

  6. (straight) (curved)

  7. (clockwise) (counterclockwise)

  8. (clockwise) (counterclockwise)

  9. (increases) (remains the same) (decreases)

  10. (0) (830) (1460) (1670) km/hr

  11. (0) (830) (1460) (1670) km/hr

  12. (0) (830) (1460) (1670) km/hr

  13. (0) (830) (1460) (1670) km/hr

  14. (increases) (remains the same) (decreases)

  15. (0) (830) (1460) (1670) km/hr

  16. (increases) (remains the same) (decreases)

  17. (right) (left)

  18. (follows) (is right of) (is left of)

  19. (follows) (is right of) (is left of)

  20. (left) (right)

  21. (Northeast Trades) (Prevailing Westerlies) (Polar Easterlies)

  22. (Northeast Trades) (Prevailing Westerlies) (Polar Easterlies)

  23. (northeast) (southeast)

  24. (northwest) (southeast)

  25. (towards) (away from)

  26. (depression) (mounding)

  27. (friction) (Earth's rotation)

  28. (clockwise) (counterclockwise)

  29. (clockwise) (counterclockwise)

  30. (clockwise) (counterclockwise)

  31. (clockwise) (counterclockwise)

  32. (clockwise) (counterclockwise)

  33. (does) (does not)

  34. (high) (low)

Investigation 6B Answers

  1. (12) (13) (14) °C

  2. (35.60) (36.02) (36.20)

  3. (11.3 °C and 35.6) (12.5 °C and 35.6) (11.3 °C and 36.2)

  4. (9.8 °C and 36.3) (11.0 °C and 35.6) (11.0 °C and 36.3)

  5. (11.0 °C and 35.1) (4.2 °C and 36.2) (4.2 °C and 35.1)

  6. (increased) (decreased)

  7. (100) (500) (1200) (2000) m

  8. (North Atlantic Deep Water) (Mediterranean Intermediate Water)

  9. (yes) (no)

  10. (1) (10) (100) (1,000) (10,000) yrs

  11. (cooling) (heating)

  12. (precipitation) (evaporation)

  13. (300 m) (1000 m)

  14. (left and lower latitudes) (right and higher latitudes)

  15. (eastern) (western)

  16. (less than) (equal to) (greater than)

  17. (be greater than) (equal) (be less than)


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