Question

The Kuroshio Current _____.

A. flows through the North Atlantic Ocean

B. is a dense, cold water current

C. starts near the southern tip of Florida

D. is the largest current in the Pacific Ocean

Answer 1

The Kuroshio is a north-flowing ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean. SO we know that neither A or C is correct...

Answer 2

The Kuroshio is a Western Boundary Current, so it is a warm, deep, narrow, and fast flowing current that forms on the west side of ocean basins due to western intensification. It carries warm water from the tropics poleward

Answer 3

So B is also incorrect.;

Answer 4

But let me check if D is correcct because I think C might be correct...so let me check. cx

Answer 5

Yeah, I don't think it is the largest current, so I would go with C...

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oceanic_gyres.png