Classwork: Today we discussed the difference between warm ocean currents and cold ocean currents. You used your books to look at the pictures and captions that were in Ch. 14.2. We discuused how the weather in Europe is milder because the Gulf Stream passes by that area and brings warm water and how the weather on the coast of California is mild er than inland because the cold California current keeps the temperatures down. We also talked about El Nino and its effect on weather.
Warmup: The feature of the ocean floor which forms when two tectonic plates converge is called A) sea-floor spreading, B) trench, C) abyssal plain, or D) mid-ocean ridge.
Homework: Review your study guide about the features on the ocean floor. You should be starting to think “TEST” because we are almost finished with Ch. 14. That means we’ll probably have the unit test sometime next week. I’ll give you a study guide, in addition to the one you made yesterday. Studying the ocean floor features now will put you in a good place for the test.