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Review for Oceans test
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1
What direction to trade winds blow?
north to south
south to north
east to west
west to east
2
Which is not an example of a climate zone?
middle latitude
tropical
polar
Midwest
3
ratio of mass of a substance to the volume of a substance
Temperature
Density
Heat
Salinity
4
What is the foundation of life in the oceans?
Saltwater
Phytoplankton
Seaweed
Sharks
5
Why do oceans have a major effect on climate?
there is a large amount of salt
Water heats the land
Source of moisture and heat
help create clouds
6
What factors can change salinity?
condensation and precipitation
evaporation and condensation
transpiration and respiration
precipitation and evaporation
7
What topographical feature moderates temperature and increases precipitation?
rivers
forests
icebergs
mountains
8
Winds that predominantly blow from a single direction over a certain point on Earth's surface
prevailing winds
trade winds
doldrums
westerlies
9
What determines ocean water temperature?
solar energy and movement of water
salinity and solar energy
winds
Coriolis Effect
10
What are the main gases dissolved in ocean water?
carbon dioxide is the only gas in the ocean
Oxygen and Carbon dioxide
oxygen and nitrogen
fish
11
What two factors identify climate?
latitude and longitude
salinity and density
prevailing winds
temperature and precipitation
12
How much of the solar energy that reaches Earth is reflected back into space?
30%
70%
10%
100%
13
What is the layer of ice that covers ocean water in polar regions?
glacier
snowball
iceberg
pack ice
14
What causes deep ocean currents?
Salinity
Temperature
global winds
differences in density
15
The flow of ocean water based on changes in density and temperature
Thermohaline circulation
Desalination
climate zones
Coriolis Effect
16
What causes surface currents?
salinity
Prevailing winds
continental deflection
Coriolis effect
17
What is the term given to the ocean because of a large rate of dissolved carbon dioxide?
Carbon sink
Nitrogen faucet
Oxygen tank
Carbon toilet
18
Weather conditions for an area over a long period of time?
climate
average precipitation
seasons
weather
19
When the surface currents change direction because of the location of continents is ...
global winds
Continental deflection
salinity
Coriolis effect
20
What causes the curving paths of ocean currents and winds?
Coriolis Effect
Density
Salinty
Continental deflection
21
As ocean water becomes warmer it becomes......
denser
hotter
less dense
saltier
22
What process removes salt from ocean water?
heating
desalination
fracking
evaporation
23
What is a measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid?
Desalination
Density
Salinity
Thermohaline circulation
24
what are trace elements?
the most abundant in the ocean
carbon dioxide
elements that exist in very small amounts
elements that do not exist
25
Why are average temperatures lower at the poles than at the equator?
The sun's strikes at an angle less than 90 degrees
The sun strikes the ground at a 90 degree angle
The winds keep the poles at a lower temperature
The poles receive no sunlight
26
Which statement describes how sun heats water and land.
they absorb energy at the same rate
The land and water do not get energy from the sun
land absorbs heat more quickly and holds energy longer
water heats more slowly but holds onto the heat longer
27
The layer of ocean water where the temp drops with increased depth faster than any other layer?
Deep ocean water
ocean currents
Thermocline
surface layer
