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Questions for Discussion: Shipwrecks Reveal Ocean Currents
- How do scientists use information about drifting ships to better understand the speed and direction of the Gulf Stream?
- Explain how some sailing ships in the 17th and 18th centuries benefited from the presence of the Gulf Stream and some did not.
- How do scientists explain the patterns in the part of the Atlantic Ocean called the Gulf Stream?
- After looking at the maps of the Gulf Stream current, predict what the temperature of the water is (warm or cold) and how that may affect the climate in the northeastern United States and Europe.
- How do you think scientists map ocean currents today?
