Ocean Currents and Climate Worksheet



Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ____________________ Per: ____________

Using Currents to Sail Around the World

Directions: Use your map with the labeled currents of the world to “sail around the world.”

1. From Portugal to Senegal, use the __________________________________________________________ Current.

2. The current from #1 is a ________________________________________________ boundary surface current.

3. From Senegal to Venezuela, use the ________________________________________________________ Current.

4. From Venezuela, stay close to the coast and sail south with the ___________________________________

Current to reach Argentina.

5. From Argentina, go west around Cape Horn against the ____________________________________________

Current, and sail north with the _________________________________________ Current to reach Ecuador.

6. Which current from #4 or 5 is an eastern boundary surface current? ____________________________

7. Depart Ecuador on a westward course using the __________________________________________ Current

to reach Papua New Guinea.

8. Sail through the Celebes and South China Seas to reach the Sri Lanka. Here you will pick up

the _________________________________________ Current, which will take you to east towards Somalia.

9. Use the ______________________________________ Current to take you between Africa and Madagascar

to the Cape of Good Hope.

10. The current from #9 is: (circle one)- WARM or COLD

11. Depart the Cape of Good Hope using the _________________________________ Current to travel north,

and the ___________________________________ Current to travel east until you reach Venezuela again.

12. This time, depart Venezuela going north towards the lower Caribbean, and sail north to

Florida using the ___________________________________________________Current.

13. The current from #12 is: circle one- WARM or COLD

14. Depart Florida and sail northeast using the ____________________________________________________ and

________________________________________________ currents to bring you back to Portugal.

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