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The Gulf Stream

*Read the article, The Gulf Stream by Kim Ann Zimmermann and answer the following
questions using complete sentences.

1. What effect does the Gulf Coast have on the weather along the southeastern coast of
the United States?
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It keeps temperatures cooler year-round.

It keeps temperatures warmer in the winter.
It decreases precipitation in the summer.
It reduces precipitation in the summer.

2. Explain your answer to the above question.

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3. Explain how the Gulf Stream was instrumental in the colonization of the Americas.

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4. Why can a ship traveling from the Americas to England travel at a greater speed than a
ship traveling the opposite direction, from England to the Americas?

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