Ocean Currents Exercise
1. On your map of the world, find the following currents and outline them in red to
indicate that they are warm ocean currents:
 Gulf Stream
 North Atlantic Drift
 Kuroshio Current
 Agulhas Current
 South Equatorial Current
 North Pacific Current
 Equatorial Countercurrent
2. On your map of the world, find the following currents and outline them in blue to
indicate that they are cold ocean currents:
 East Greenland
 Oyashio
 California Current
 Labrador Current
 Benguela Current
 Peru Current
 Antarctic Circumpolar Current
3. Locate Nova Scotia on your map. Name one warm current and one cold current that
are likely to affect NS. _______________________________________________
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4. How do you think the temperature of an ocean current could affect weather on the
coast? ____________________________________________________________
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5. How do you think ocean currents affect sailing ships? _______________________
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