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What is the densest and coldest water mass of all Earth's oceans?
North Atlantic deep water
Antarctic intermediate water
Antarctic bottom water
Gulf Stream
2
What is the cause of gyres in each of the five oceans?
Wind shifting
Coriolis effect
Density changes at the surface
Upwelling
3
Tropical waters in the northern hemisphere will move in which direction?
West
South
North
East
4
Which statement accurately describes ocean circulation?
less dense water sinks pushing cold water upward
high latitude currents are warm and move toward the equator
ocean gyres are are caused by density changes
high salinity water falls below low salinity water
5
What would happen to surface currents if there were no continents on Earth?
surface currents would travel in regularly shaped curves
the direction of surface currents would reverse
surface currents would rotate clockwise
surface currents would form straight lines instead of gyres
6
What is the main cause of the change in the California Current direction?
the sun
trade winds
temperature change
the continents
7
The change of state from a gas to a liquid.
runoff
precipitation
condensation
evaporation
8
What is the difference between gyres in the Northern and Southern hemispheres?
counter clockwise in the south
curve right in south
warmer gyres in the south
denser gyres in the north
9
Which winds are narrow bands of high-speed winds that blow in the upper atmosphere?
Easterlies
Jet Streams
Westerlies
Doldrums
10
What forces water to flow horizontally from low latitudes to high latitudes?
differences in thermal energy
differences in prevailing winds
differences in water density
differences in amounts of sunlight
11
What determines the differences between ocean temperatures on the east and west coast of the US
deep currents
surface currents
longitude
latitude
12
Which of these is NOT a factor to determine deep water currents?
Salinity
Temperature
Density
Earth's rotation
13
What form of energy transfer is represented as dense waters sink below warm water?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Pycnocline
14
At what level is the water density highest?
just below the ocean surface
right above the surface
at the bottom, where water is in contact wit the seafloor
between the surface and seafloor
15
In the event of a loss of cargo from a tanker, what factor will NOT be used to track cargo?
coriolis effect
landmasses
direction of winds
density
16
What are large bodies of water with similar densities related to temperature and salinity?
Pycnocline
Water Masses
Gyres
Thermocline
17
How often does an El Nino occur?
every 100 years
there is no true cycle, random occurrances
10-12 years
3-6 years
18
What is the source of cold water of Earth's oceans?
equatorial seas
polar seas
years with long winters
years with cold temperatures
19
Why do weather patterns change during an El Nino?
atmospheric pressures change
thermocline deepens
the jet stream slows
upwelling occurs
20
Why are salinities lower than average in some areas close to the equator?
stronger winds
rapid evaporation
abundant precipitation
larger clouds
21
Which statement accurately describes wind stress?
interaction between the atmosphere and hydrosphere
absorption of radiation in the hydrosphere
interaction between the geosphere and hydrosphere
energy transfer from the mantle
22
______ is solid or liquid water that falls to Earth
condensation
evaporation
precipitation
heat
23
Which of these is NOT a cause of surface circulation?
land masses
changes in density
rotation of the Earth
the coriolis effect
24
Polar waters in the northern hemisphere will move in which direction?
North
East
West
South
25
What changes occur in surface waters during an El Nino
cooling
eastward currents
heating
26
Deep currents are cold and dense. How long do these current take to make one complete cycle?
1,000 years
10 years
100 years
10,000 years
27
What causes changes in the equatorial pacific during and El Nino?
drought
flooding
wind stress
Upwelling
28
35 parts per thousand refers to what characteristic of ocean water?
average salinity of oceanwaters
warm water in ocean gyres
salinity gradient in deep waters
average polar temperatures
29
The physical change from a liquid to a gas is called
precipitation
evaporation
melting
condensation
30
At what latitudes is ocean water most warmed by the Sun?
at the equator
at high latitudes
at the poles
at temperate latitudes
31
Why does the California current move down the west coast of the US?
Warm waters move from low to high latitudes
Cold waters move from low to high latitudes
Warm waters move from high to low latitudes
Cold waters move from high to low latitudes
32
Why don't surface waters form water masses with large areas of alike densities?
Currents are too warm
Currents are moving horizonally
Too much vertical mixing
Too little vertical mixing
33
The ______ is a cycle that links all of Earth's solid, liquid, gaseous water together
water cycle
evaporation cycle
rock cycle
condensation cycle
34
Which of these characteristics is
NOT
attributed to high latitude regions?
high salinity water masses
cold slow currents
high density currents
warm fast currents
35
What is the cause of ocean layering?
evaporation
polar ice caps
density differences
currents
36
What characteristic of ocean waters does pycnocline represent?
depth
salinity
density
temperature
37
Where are the world's ocean garbage patches located?
Ocean
Beach
Gyre
Lake
38
Which process increases salinity in surface waters?
ice melting
runoff
precipitation
evaporation
39
What is the area of the ocean where a rapid decrease in temperature occurs?
Downwelling
Pycnocline
Upwelling
Thermocline
40
Water masses are associated with which part of the ocean?
gyres
deep currents
pycnocline
thermocline
41
What happens to the fishing industry in Peru during an El Nino and why?
flourishes due to upwelling
diminishes due to upwelling
flourishes due to downwelling
diminishes due to downweling
42
During what process do winds move waters away from the shore increasing nutrient rich waters?
Vertical Mixing
Downwelling
Upwelling
Gyres
43
In which direction is an ocean current's path of motion deflected by the Coriolis effect?
to the right in the northern & to the left in the southern
to the left in the northern & to the right in the southern
to the left in both the northern and southern hemispheres
to the right in both the northern and southern hemispheres
