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Pbs Learning Media: What Causes the Gulf Stream? WebsitePbs Learning Media: What Causes the Gulf Stream? Website
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PBS
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9th - 10th
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Pbs Learning Media: What Causes the Gulf Stream?

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This video segment adapted from NOVA uses satellite imagery to illustrate the Gulf Stream's path and animations to explain how atmospheric phenomena cause it to move. [1:51]

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Concepts

currents, energy, oceans

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density currents, earth system, earth's rotation causes patterns, provides light and warmth, sun, weather and climate, ms-ess2-6, pbs learningmedia: what causes the gulf stream?, teachers' domain, wgbh, weather and climat, earth

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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