Nemo Current Sheet

Nemo was caught in the Great Barrier Reef, northeast of Australia. He was sold and flown to New York City. He has just escaped and jumped into the Atlantic Ocean. Help him get back home! His only chance is to swim with the ocean currents back to his home in the Coral Sea.

Directions: Use the map on the screen as a guide to complete the chart below.
Fill in the name of the currents in order that Nemo took to get back home and identify them as warm or cold water currents.

Use the map above and your notes to help you answer the questions below.

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Where do the warm water currents move toward when they leave the equator?

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Where do cold water currents move toward as they move away from the polar regions?

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From looking at the map, what does the Equatorial counter current experience as it approaches South America?

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From looking at the map, what would be the reason that the Antarctic circumpolar current travel in only a straight path?

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Which is a warm water current that would affect the climate of North America?

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Type of current?

Name of current

Name of Current

Type of current?

Type of current?

Name of current

Name of current

Type of current?

Type of current?

Name of Current

Name of Current?

Type of current?

Name of current

Type of current?

Where do the warm water currents move toward when they leave the equator?

Where do cold water currents move toward as they move away from the polar regions?

From looking at the map, what does the Equatorial counter current experience as it approaches South America?

From looking at the map, what would be the reason that the Antarctic circumpolar current travel in only a straight path?

Which is a warm water current that would affect the climate of North America?

Which is a cold water current that would affect the climate of South America?