What are 2 true things about Monsoons?

In the Summer, winds go toward land, and land gets more rain, Only affects the continent

What's the difference between horse latitudes, and the doldrums? (there are 2 correct)

Horse latitudes are CALM areas around 30 degrees latitude with no wind, Doldrums are CALM areas located between two Hadley cells.

What is the effect of solar heating on Earth? (select any that applies)

Creates Atmospheric Circulation Cells, Photosynthesis, Warms life on Earth (It's pretty great), Powers ocean currents

Why is it hot at the equator & cold at the poles?

Since the equator is closer, it's hotter!

Where is the westerlies?

Near the Tropic of Capricorn/ Cancer

Choose the molecules in the atmosphere that are greenhouse gases! (select any that applies)

Methane (CH4), Hydroflourocarbons (HFCs), Nitrous oxide (N2O), Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

What is the food pyramid?

10% Transfer of nutrients from lifeforms.

What is the Coriolis Effect? (select any that applies)

Has to do with Newton, An effect of large forces on Earth, like currents and winds, Causes objects to go right.

Welcome to class! What is an atmosphere?

A mixture of gas surrounding a planet

What is the tidal datum?

A standard elevation at a location

What controls thermohaline circulation?

The movement of high-low density and hot surface flowing to cold

How can a water column become unstable?

When cold/ more dense water is on top

What ISN'T an impact El Niño's have?

Created by strong winds made by Coriolis Effect

(2 answers!) What's so special about geostrophic cyclonic winds around a low-pressure system?

Rainy with much precipitation!, Is also represented as a low pressure cell

What is the correct layers of the Earth Atmosphere?

Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

Why don't winds simply blow North and South? (from high to low pressure)

Because of the rotation of the Earth!

What do waves transport in the deep sea vs what waves transport at shoreline?

Surface waves are longitudinal!

How can you identify a rip current?

Their aren't any waves in an area

(Choosing 2) What controls wave height?

Closeness to land, Wind & weather

What is the relationship between wavelength, wave height and the wave base?

It can be changed with wave breaking

What is the relationship between convergence/divergence and upwelling/downwelling?

The difference is one affects underwater spirals & the other affects coasts

A deep valley filled with water! (Thanks ice age!)

What is false about Spilling breakers?

It is the ideal wave for advanced surfing

What are the trophic levels?

The sun, primary producers, herbivores, consumers, and the Apex predator.

What are the sources of sand for beaches? (2 is true!)

Decomposition coast, Organism Growth

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1
What are 2 true things about Monsoons?
It is called "yearly winds" in Arab.
In the Summer, winds go toward land, and land gets more rain
Only affects the continent
In the Winter, winds go toward land, and it gets wetter in the Summer
2
What's the difference between horse latitudes, and the doldrums? (there are 2 correct)
Horse latitudes are FAST areas with racing winds near the equator.
Horse latitudes are CALM areas around 30 degrees latitude with no wind
Doldrums are SLOW areas located in the horse latitudes which lack wind.
Doldrums are CALM areas located between two Hadley cells.
3
What is the effect of solar heating on Earth? (select any that applies)
Creates Atmospheric Circulation Cells
Photosynthesis
Warms life on Earth (It's pretty great)
Powers ocean currents
4
Sounds in seawater absorbs faster
True
False
5
How do longshore currents form?
Wind being perpendicular to the shore
Hurricanes and Boars
Waves being at an angle!
6
Jet streams appear between wind cells!
False
True
7
Intermediate water is defined as water at the exact middle point?
True
False
8
Here's another fun one! What kind of coast... IS THE BACKGROUND RIGHT HERE!
It's a sea cliff! ... wait whats the question?
Erosional coast
I don't like sand. It's coarse & rough & irritating, & it gets everywhere.
Decompositional coast
9
The different parts of the photic zone include...
Intertidal zone, neritic zone
Intertidal zone, neritic zone, and continental shelf
Intertidal zone, neritic zone, and oceanic zone
Intertidal zone, neritic zone, and above land
10
Why is it hot at the equator & cold at the poles?
Since the equator is closer, it's hotter!
When seasons occur, the poles are never facing the sun
It takes longer for rays to hit the equator
Because there's more atmosphere at the equator
11
Temperature anomalies are useful for identifying an El Niño!
False
True
12
Air pressure over land and the adjacent are sea-related
True
False
13
Where is the westerlies?
Near the equator
Where the cowboy movies are
Near the Tropic of Capricorn/ Cancer
Near the Poles
14
Choose the molecules in the atmosphere that are greenhouse gases! (select any that applies)
Methane (CH4)
Hydroflourocarbons (HFCs)
Nitrous oxide (N2O)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
15
What is the food pyramid?
10% Transfer of nutrients from lifeforms.
14% Transfer of nutrients from lifeforms.
10% of the life that lives in euphotic areas.
14% of the life that lives in euphotic areas.
16
What is the Coriolis Effect? (select any that applies)
Has to do with Newton
An effect of large forces on Earth, like currents and winds
Causes objects to go right.
Created by the pull of astrological forces like the sun and moon
17
Welcome to class! What is an atmosphere?
A mixture of gas surrounding a planet
A mixture of Layers on Earth
Clouds and other weather formations
A beach ball filled with gas
18
What is the tidal datum?
The mean tide of a location
A standard elevation at a location
19
What controls thermohaline circulation?
The movement of high-low density to cold flowing to hot
The movement of low-high density to hot surface flowing to cold
The movement of high-low density and hot surface flowing to cold
The movement of low-high density to cold surface flowing to hot
20
How can a water column become unstable?
When cold/ more dense water is on top
When hot/ less dense water is on top
21
What ISN'T an impact El Niño's have?
Drives away sealife (depending on location)
Can create dry zones (depending on location)
Created by strong winds made by Coriolis Effect
Creates stormy weather (depending on location)
22
South American upwelling goes up in the same direction as the Normal Equatorial Walker Circulation.
False
True
23
Geostrophic anticyclonic means their are cyclones and anticyclones
False
True
24
(2 answers!) What's so special about geostrophic cyclonic winds around a low-pressure system?
Rainy with much precipitation!
Is also represented as a low pressure cell
Are called anti-cyclones!
Represented with red half-circles
25
The distribution of salinity is caused by all these... EXEPT ONE. find it. (dun dun dunnn)
It's homogenious nature
Precipitation
Evaporation
Runoff
26
What is the correct layers of the Earth Atmosphere?
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
Exosphere, thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere
Exosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere
Stratosphere, exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, troposphere
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Why don't winds simply blow North and South? (from high to low pressure)
Because they can't :(
Because the Earth's shape/ mountains blocking it's path
Because of the rotation of the Earth!
Because of ocean currents
28
What do waves transport in the deep sea vs what waves transport at shoreline?
Deep sea waves are more influenced by tidal forces than surface waves
Surface waves are longitudinal!
Surface waves are more influenced by currents than deep sea waves
Surface waves travel faster than deep-sea waves
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What does AABW stand for?
Atmospheric Bottom Weather
Antarctica is Awesome By the Way
Antarctic Bottom Water
Antarctic Bottom Weather
30
How can you identify a rip current?
Hurricanes and Boars
Sharks are in one area only
Wind being perpendicular to the shore
Their aren't any waves in an area
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Storms make waves bigger the farther away from the storm
True
False
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Which is the Hadley circulation?
B & Inverse
C & E
D & F
A & Inverse
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(Choosing 2) What controls wave height?
Closeness to land
Percent of salinity
Fish migration patterns
Wind & weather
34
Convection is when hot areas go to cooler ones.
True
False
35
What is the relationship between wavelength, wave height and the wave base?
It can be changed with wave breaking
They are consistent from sea surface to sea floor
Wavelength will be equal to wave base
Crest amplitude is always equal to wavelenth
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What does ENSO stand for?
El Niño South Osculation
El Niña Second Osculation
El Niña South Osculation
El Niño Southern Osculation
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What is the relationship between convergence/divergence and upwelling/downwelling?
The similarities being the directions on the coast
The difference is one affects underwater spirals & the other affects coasts
The difference being the directions on the coast
Exactly the same
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What conditions are required for open-ocean waves to break at the shoreline?
It has to have a Kit-Kat. There is no other way.
Waves sensing land related breezes, amplifying waves causing them to break
The gradual incline of a coast
Lower waves to tapper along the ocean floor
39
The poles have more O^2 then the equator
False
True
40
What is not one of the macro-nutrients?
Fats
Lipids
Carbohydrates
Proteins
41
Tsunamis are one big wave with about a 100km wavelength
True
False
42
What factors determine the depth of light penetration in the ocean?
Shadows I would guess
Redlight
Tempature
Turbinity
43
Tsunamis! What isn't a cause for tsunamis?
Climate Change!
Landslides!
Conversion zone!
Meteors!!!!!!!!!!
44
What does NADW stand for?
Northern Atmospheric Depth Withstanding
North Atmospheric Depth Water
North Atlantic Deep Water
Northern Antarctic Deep Water
45
What is a fjord?
The high mountains surrounding a deep valley filled with water
A deep valley filled with water! (Thanks meteors!)
A deep valley filled with water! (Thanks ice age!)
The word describing swamps, estuaries and salt water lakes!
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Is this upwelling or downwelling?
Downwelling
They are caused by Corolis Effect! ... wait what was the question again?
Fish?
Upwelling
47
What kind of beach protection is this?
Groin
Breakwall
Rocks I guess?
Jetty
48
Spring tides are smaller and caused by the sun and moon not being aligned.
True
False
49
What is false about Spilling breakers?
Foam appears to result of wind
It is the ideal wave for advanced surfing
The waves break earlier than the other kinds of waves
underwater land is horizontal to the beach
50
What are the trophic levels?
The sun, primary producers, herbivores, consumers, and the Apex predator.
Herbivores/ primary producers, consumers, and the Apex predator.
Primary producers, herbivores, consumers, and the Apex predator.
The sun, herbivores, consumers, and the Apex predator.
51
What are the sources of sand for beaches? (2 is true!)
Decomposition coast
Fjords
Organism Growth
Emergent coasts
52
What is NOT in this picture?
beach scarp
longshore trough/bar
backshore
beach face
53
Where in the world has the strongest tides? (2 are correct!)
In areas which funnel incoming tide.
The Fundy!
Caused solely by Spring tides.
Near the Equador
54
Last fun one! What is happening... IN THE BACKGROUND RIGHT HERE!
Riptide
Probably a longsore current
Spring Tide
uhhhhhh boat?
55
How many km is the Earth Atmosphere?
maybe 11? :P
115 km
110 km
200 km
56
NADW usually likes to...
Sink in a spiral fasion
Sink
57
What are rouge waves?
A wave which is unpredictable in direction
Two waves which join together to form a big wave
A subclass of underwater rogue with 1d8
Two waves which due to unmatching wavelenths shrink and change direction.
58
(3 is true!) La Niña's will...
Be generally cooler than El Niños
Gradually deepens thermocline
surface water temperature cools
Have weaker equatorial winds
59
How does the tidal height vary with distance from the amphidromic point?
The farther from the amphidromic point, the higher
The closer to the amphidromic point, the higher
60
Here's a fun one! What kind of coast... IS THE BACKGROUND RIGHT HERE!
Erosional coast
Decompositional coast
It's the leaning tower of pizza!
Recompositional coast
61
What is true about plunging breakers?
Caused by a steep slope underwater
Plunging breakers are a calm wave for surfing
The waves break earlier
Foam is created as result
62
What is the Redfield Ratio?
C=106 N=16 P=1
C=11 N=61 Ph=1
Vegetables I presume
Ca=42 Ni=105 P=1
63
What are not features of erosional shorelines?
Sea Archers
Sea Cliffs
Sea stacks! Like pancakes!
Notches
64
Why are the gyres only between 60° N and S?
Because Coriolis Effect winds
Because of O^2
Because of the temperature needs of gyres
The rule of exponential function of underwater spirals
65
What are not one of the primary producers?
Herbavores
Diatoms and the like
Vegetables I presume
Plants
66
How frequently do El Niño events occur?
Once a year
A few times every 5 years
Between June 1st to November 30th
Every two to seven years
67
(For Fun!) What layer is aurora borealis?
Thermosphere at 50 km - 85 km
Mesosphere at 50 km - 85 km
Mesosphere at 85 km - 600 km
Thermosphere at 85 km - 600 km
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(2 is true!) How do western boundary currents differ from eastern boundary currents?
Eastern boundary currents are cold, slow, and shallow.
Western boundary currents tend to be hot, fast, and deep.
Eastern boundary currents tend to be hot, fast, and deep.
Western boundary currents are cold, slow, and shallow
69
Within a gyre, where does convergence occur? *
The middle!
Gyros are really good, and you should try them. (the creator)
Well depends where....
The outside!
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Why does the Intertropical Convergence Zone move north / south during the year?
It's caused by El Niños
It's actually linked to the geographic equator
It is amplified by the seasonal heat on land
Because high pressure forms over the ocean in Summer
71
What are not one of the three Atmospheric Circulation Cells?
Polar cell
Ferrel Cell
Hadley cell
Wester Cell
72
The amphidromic point is like the middle of a swirling cup!
False
True
73
Greenhouse Gas protects the planet from Solar Radiation
False
True
74
What is the Ekman spiral?
The name for that awesome ice cream cone downtown.
It looks like a spiral staircase underwater!
The rule of exponential function of underwater spirals
A rule to measure of eddies in an area.
75
What is the Normal Equatorial Walker Circulation (atmosphere)?
A famous gyre off the coast of Cuba
A wind circulation in the Atlantic Ocean near the equator
A not very wild Walker Circulation in the equator
A westward spinning circulation
76
What is NOT one of the main currents making up the 5 ocean gyres?
South American Gyre
South Atlantic Gyre
North Atlantic Gyre
Indian Ocean Gyre
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Why are there seasons?
Because of Earth's tilted axis
Because of the rotation of the Earth
Because the moon-vement of the moon!
Mariah Carey of course ;D

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