Ocean Currents

Question 1

What is the Gulf Stream/North Atlantic Drift?

Answer 1

A current that starts in Africa and travels to the Gulf of Mexico and to Europe. It becomes warm as it travels.

Question 2

What is the Humboldt Current?

Answer 2

The Humboldt Current is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows North along the west coast of South America from the Southern tip of Chile to Northern Peru.

Question 3

The Gulf Stream is called the ___ in Europe.

Answer 3

North Atlantic Drift.