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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
Latitude
C
Organisms
D
Salinity
2) As the temperature of surface water increases from 10 C to 30 C, how does the water density change?
A
Increases
B
Remains the same
C
Impossible to predict
D
Decreases
3) Two factors that affect the density of ocean water are
A
salinity and energy
B
salinity and light
C
salinity and chemicals
D
salinity and temperature
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
coriolis effect
B
thermohaline circulation
C
winds
D
upwelling
6) One characteristic of the Antartic bottom water that makes thermohaline circulation possible is
A
warmth
B
low salinity
C
high density
D
swiftness
7) Which of the following factors does NOT control the movement of surface currents?
A
location of continents
B
Earth's rotation
C
winds
D
salinity
8) Winds and ocean currents move in curved paths because of
A
tidal oscilation
B
the Gulf Stream
C
refraction
D
the Coriolis Effect
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
North Atlantic Current
B
North Equatorial Current
C
West Wind Drift
D
Gulf Stream
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