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An #Earth Science Quiz dealing with Ocean currents.
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1
What type of current forms as cold, dense water sinks and flows below warmer water?
the Gulf Stream
A deep current
a surface current
the equatorial current
2
What name is given to a horizontal movement of water in a well-defined pattern.
wave
current
stream
tide
3
The tidal range is greatest during
normal tides
spring tides
none of the above
neap tides
4
Which of the following can affect ocean surface currents?
All of the above affect ocean surface currents.
Earth's rotation
the location of continents
air currents (wind)
5
During "neap tides" the tidal range is
there are no tides
less than normal
normal
greater than normal
6
In the North Atlantic the water is very cold and has
low salinity
no salinity
high salinity
average salinity
7
Look at the picture. It shows what happens during
none of the above
neap tides
spring tides
normal tides
8
Which of the following is the curving of the path of a moving object due to Earth's rotation.
ocean current
Gulf Stream
Coriolis Effect
tides
9
The continents acts as what for ocean currents?
absorbers
none of the above
barriers
creators
10
The equatorial currents move in what direction?
east
south
west
north
11
What ocean current completely encircles a continent and crosses three major oceans?
the Gulfstream
the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
the African Continental current
the North American Current
