The Gulf Stream originates near the southern tip of Florida and travels along the east coast of the United States and across the North Atlantic. South of Greenland, the Gulf Stream widens and slows, becoming a vast, slow-moving, warm
current known as the North Atlantic Drift that passes over western Europe. Hypothesize about the climates of the two
locations indicated in the top map, Newfoundland in Canada (left) and Scotland (right).
A)
As the Gulf Stream travels north, its warm waters cool and there is no great
differences between the climates of the two locations.
B)
The warm Gulf Stream and its associated winds keep the climate of
Scotland much warmer than Newfoundland even though they are at
approximately the same latitude.
Because the two locations are found at approximately the same latitude
and both are in constant with ocean currents and sea breezes, we would
expect them to have similar climates.
The warm Gulf Stream has cooled considerably by the time it reaches the
higher latitudes, causing condensation of evaporated ocean waters. We
expect Scotland to have much more snow than Newfoundland.
D)