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Oceans And Climates #1
Test Description: Ocean and Climate Review Activities
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Ocean surface water temperature depends on the solar energy an area receives due to which of the following?
A
Latitude
B
Salinity
C
Organisms
D
Longitude
2) As the temperature of surface water increases from 10 C to 30 C, how does the water density change?
A
Increases
B
Impossible to predict
C
Decreases
D
Remains the same
3) Two factors that affect the density of ocean water are
A
salinity and chemicals
B
salinity and light
C
salinity and energy
D
salinity and temperature
4) Cold ocean water sinks and moves along the
A
icebergs
B
ocean's thermocline
C
polar region
D
ocean basin
5) What causes deep water currents to move?
A
coriolis effect
B
thermohaline circulation
C
winds
D
upwelling
6) One characteristic of the Antartic bottom water that makes thermohaline circulation possible is
A
swiftness
B
low salinity
C
warmth
D
high density
7) Which of the following factors does NOT control the movement of surface currents?
A
location of continents
B
salinity
C
winds
D
Earth's rotation
8) Winds and ocean currents move in curved paths because of
A
tidal oscilation
B
the Gulf Stream
C
the Coriolis Effect
D
refraction
9) Deep ocean currents are caused by
A
global wind belts
B
the Coriolis Effect
C
differences in density of ocean water
D
continental barriers
10) The warm surface current that flows along the east coast of the United States and transfers heat to England is called
A
West Wind Drift
B
North Atlantic Current
C
North Equatorial Current
D
Gulf Stream
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