Name: __________________________

1. (stream flow) (groundwater flow) (both processes)

2. (evaporation) (precipitation)

3. (evaporation) (overland runoff)

4. (increases) (decreases)

5. (dry) (humid)

6. (do) (do not)

7. (water mass) (heat energy) (both)

8. (Northern)(Southern)

9. (Northern) (Southern)

10. (ocean to land) (land to ocean)

11. (Earth's rotation) (solar energy) (gravity)

12. (Earth's rotation) (solar energy) (gravity)

13. (a close) (no)

14. (the Gulf of Mexico) (the Pacific Ocean) (from both locations)

15. (westward) (eastward)

16. (westward) (eastward)

17. (partly) (completely)

18. (largest) (second largest) (second smallest) (smallest)

19. (does) (does not)

20. (largest) (second largest) (second smallest) (smallest)

21. (are) (are not)

22. (largest) (second largest) (third largest) (smallest)

23. (Southern) (Northern)

24. (largest) (second largest) (second smallest) (smallest)

25. (second) (third) (fourth)

26. (Humbolt) (Weddell) (South Pacific) (Antarctic Circumpolar) Current

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