What is the process of caballing when two water masses mix?

Daughter H2O mass has a greater density than parents

Describe how CO2 fluxes in the atmosphere vs the ocean.

Fluxes quicker from the atm. to oceans than ocean to atm.

What is a longshore current?

Refraction and oblique angles of waves at shore

What are examples of eastern boundary currents?

Canary, Benguela, California, West Australian, Peru

What elements are measured in parts per million?

Bromine, Strontium, Boron, Silicon, Fluorine, Nitrogen

How does El Nino affect Peru?

Upwelling brings in warm water with few nutrients

What elements are measured in parts per billion?

N, Li, I, P, Zn, Fe, Al, Mn, Pb, Mg, Au

What is NOT associated with the surf zone?

KE being converted to potential energy

How are hurricanes formed?

Latent heat stored in low pressure system (need fuel & wind)

What are characteristics of cold core rings?

Counterclockwise and concave up

Why doesn’t oil dissolve in water?

Because oil is non polar and water is polar

What are characteristics of eastern boundary currents?

Cold, wide, shallow, slow, 10-15 sv

What are examples of western boundary currents?

Gulf Stream, Japan, Brazil, Agulhas, Eastern Australian

What is the turnover mixing story for water less salty than 24.7 ppt?

Acts like fresh H2O, reaches max. density before it freezes

What are characteristics of western boundary currents?

Warm, narrow, deep, fast, 50 sv or greater

What is the order of gases from big to small in the atmosphere?

N 78%, O 20.9%, Ar 0.9%, CO2 0.03%, Ne, He, Methane 0.003%

How can a fully developed sea be achieved?

Loss of energy from white caps = input of energy from winds

What effect does the ozone layer have on the stratosphere?

Absorbs UV rays from sun, increasing temperature

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1
Which of the following ways can you measure salinity?
Hydrometer and refractometer
Electrical conductivity
ALL THE ABOVE
Evaporation and Knudsen Mohr titration
2
What is the process of caballing when two water masses mix?
Daughter H2O is not affected
Daughter H2O mass has an equal density of parents
Daughter H2O mass has a greater density than parents
Daughter H2O mass has a lower density than parents
3
What are characteristics of warm core rings?
Counterclockwise and concave
Clockwise and convex
Clockwise and concave
Counterclockwise and convex
4
Describe how CO2 fluxes in the atmosphere vs the ocean.
Fluxes slower from oceans to atm. than to atm. to oceans
Fluxes quicker from the atm. to oceans than ocean to atm.
Fluxes slower from the atm. to oceans than ocean to atm.
Fluxes quicker from oceans to atm. than to atm. to oceans
5
What is a longshore current?
Refraction and oblique angles of waves at shore
Reflection and oblique angles of waves at shore
Diffraction and oblique angles of waves at shore
Deflection and oblique angles of waves at shore
6
What are examples of eastern boundary currents?
California, Japan, Brazil, Agulhas, Benguela
Gulf Stream, Japan, Canary, Peru, Eastern Australian
Canary, Benguela, California, West Australian, Peru
Canary, Brazil, California, Eastern Australian, Peru
7
What are characteristics of the Bay of Fundy?
Estuary on east coast and experiences semidiurnal tides
Has extreme tidal ranges
ALL THE ABOVE
Period of 12 hours and 25 minutes
8
What is most abundant in an average pH?
HCO3-
CO3 2-
H2CO3
CO3 -
9
What are characteristics of 30 degrees?
ALL THE ABOVE
World deserts
High salinity
High pressure
10
What are characteristics of 0 degrees?
ALL THE ABOVE
Low pressure
Doldrums
Rainforests
11
Hadley Cell degrees:
30-60 degrees
Between 0-30 degrees
30 degrees
0 degrees
12
What elements are measured in parts per million?
Lead, Gallium, Sulfur, Phosphorus, Selenium, Aluminum
Hydrogen, Beryllium, Carbon, Fluorine, Neon, Argon
Bromine, Strontium, Rubidium, Potassium, Copper, Nickel
Bromine, Strontium, Boron, Silicon, Fluorine, Nitrogen
13
What are equatorial currents associated with?
Doldrums
Both Doldrums and ITCZ
Polar cell
ITCZ
14
What reactions or dissociations make a solution more acidic?
Adding H+
Adding OH-
15
How does El Nino affect Peru?
Downwelling increases nutrient amount
Downwelling decreases nutrient amount
Upwelling brings in cold water with lots of nutrients
Upwelling brings in warm water with few nutrients
16
What elements are measured in parts per billion?
Co, Fe, Si, N, B, C, Kr, Br, Sn, Mn
N, Li, I, P, Zn, Fe, Al, Mn, Pb, Mg, Au
17
Waves with the _____ wavelengths leave storm area first.
Shortest
Longest
18
What is NOT associated with the surf zone?
Potential energy converted to KE
Kinetic energy only
KE being converted to potential energy
Potential energy only
19
How are hurricanes formed?
Heat stored in high pressure system (just need wind)
Latent heat stored in low pressure system (need fuel & wind)
Heat stored in high pressure system (just need fuel)
Heat stored in medium pressure system (need fuel and wind)
20
What are characteristics of cold core rings?
Clockwise and concave up
Counterclockwise and concave up
Counterclockwise and concave down
Clockwise and concave down
21
In a low pH, what dominates?
HCO3 -
H2CO3
CO3 2-
CO3 -
22
Why doesn’t oil dissolve in water?
Because they are both polar
Because they are both non polar
Because oil is polar and water is non polar
Because oil is non polar and water is polar
23
What are characteristics of eastern boundary currents?
Cold, wide, shallow, fast, 50 sv or greater
Cold, wide, shallow, slow, 10-15 sv
Warm, narrow, deep, fast, 50 sv or greater
Warm, narrow, shallow, slow, 10-15 sv
24
What are examples of western boundary currents?
Gulf Stream, Japan, Brazil, Agulhas, Eastern Australian
Canary, Benguela, California, West Australian, Peru
Gulf Stream, Peru, Brazil, California, Eastern Australian
Japan, Benguela, California, West Australian, Brazil
25
Trade winds degrees:
90-120 degrees
60-90 degrees
30-60 degrees
0-30 degrees
26
What reactions or dissociations make a solution more basic?
Decreasing amount of OH-
Decreasing amount of H+
27
The turnover mixing story for water saltier than 24.7 ppt never reaches maximum density because it freezes beforehand.
True
False
28
What is the turnover mixing story for water less salty than 24.7 ppt?
Acts like salt H2O, reaches max. density before it freezes
Acts like fresh H2O, reaches max. density before it freezes
Acts like fresh H2O, reaches min. density before it freezes
Acts like salt H2O, reaches min. density before it freezes
29
What location has the lowest freezing temperature?
Mariana's Trench
Red sea
Blue hole
Dead sea
30
Earth always had 5 ocean gyres.
True
False
31
What element is conservative?
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen
Bromine
Oxygen
32
Dense cold air has less vapor carrying capacity than warm air.
False
True
33
Which ocean mixes much slower than the other oceans?
Arctic
Indian
Atlantic
Pacific
34
What element in measured in parts per thousand?
Nitrogen
Carbon
Oxygen
Bromine
35
Polar Cell degrees:
90 degrees
0-30 degrees
60 degrees
60-90 degrees
36
What are characteristics of western boundary currents?
Warm, narrow, deep, fast, 50 sv or greater
Cold, wide, shallow, slow, 10-15 sv
Cold, narrow, deep, fast, 10-15 sv
Warm, wide, deep, fast, 50 sv or greater
37
Deep water waves equation:
1.25√L
C= 1.56T
√gd
C= 1.50√L
38
What can overwhelm seawater buffering capacity and cause pH to drop to 7.5?
Anoxic black mud
Anoxic grey mud
Anoxic red mud
Anoxic brown mud
39
Westerlies degrees:
0-15 degrees
15-30 degrees
90 degrees
30-60 degrees
40
What is the formula for pH?
pH= log [H+]
pH= log [OH-]
pH= −log [H+]
pH= −log [OH-]
41
Shallow water waves equation:
C= 1.50√L
C= 1.56T
None of the above
C= 1.25√gd = 3.13√d
42
What is the order of gases from big to small in the atmosphere?
N 78%, O 20.9%, Ar 0.9%, CO2 0.03%, Ne, He, Methane 0.003%
N 87%, O 12%, Ar 0.9%, CO2 0.1%, Ne, He, Methane 0.0001%
43
How can a fully developed sea be achieved?
Loss of energy from white caps = input of energy from winds
Gain of energy from wind = input of energy from winds
Gain of energy from white caps = input of energy from winds
Loss of energy from wind = input of energy from winds
44
What 2 oceans have a plume of warm salty water?
Atlantic and Indian
Pacific and Indian
Pacific and Arctic
Atlantic and Pacific
45
What removes and inputs elements in the ocean?
Sediments
Hydrothermal vents
Waves
Organisms
46
In a high pH, what dominates?
CO3 2-
HCO3 -
CO3 -
H2CO3
47
Salts such as NaCl and KCl dissolve into what component?
Ions
Elements
Compounds
They don't dissolve
48
What effect does the ozone layer have on the stratosphere?
Absorbs UV rays from sun, increasing temperature
Increases temperature, then decreases temperature
Decreases temperature
No effect
49
Which elements are nonconservative?
Oxygen
Oxygen and Nitrogen
Oxygen and carbon dioxide
Oxygen and Sulfur
50
Ferrel Cell degrees:
60-90 degrees
0-60 degrees
0-30 degrees
30-60 degrees

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