Gap Fill - Ocean Currents - Level 6

HOW TO PLAY:

  • Choose the correct word from the drop-down menus below.
  • Click the button at the bottom to check your answers.
  • Press the "refresh" button on your browser to play again.
  • After this paragraph, go to Paragraph 2.

   century      chance      heat      northern      possibility      region      responsible      system      temperate      waters   

Paragraph 1

The of ocean currents that is for maintaining weather worldwide is in danger of collapsing. Experts say the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could collapse within the next 50 years. AMOC brings from Caribbean to the northern Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and Britain. Oceanographers say AMOC has been slowing down for the past few decades because of global warming. The Atlantic is the only in the world that has cooled in the past 20 years. Experts once believed there was a 10 per cent of AMOC crossing the tipping point this . However, 44 experts publicly stated that is now a 50/50 .

Now go to   Paragraph 2.

Back to the ocean currents lesson.

Share this lesson

More Free Sites by Sean Banville

Online Activities