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