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1) This layer of the water is well mixed due to wind, waves and currents.
A
Deep layer
B
Thermocline
C
Surface layer
D
Watercolumn
2) This type of tide results from the straight alignment of the sun and moon which adds their strength together.
A
Fall tide
B
Neap tide
C
Spring tide
D
Leap tide
3) What are the large, circular surface current systems that are created by wind?
A
Overturn
B
Gyres
C
Whirlpool
D
Waves
4) Global winds, Coriolis effect and continental deflections drive what?
A
Mixing of water
B
Gyres
C
Tides
D
Surface currents
5) Gyres rotate _________ in the Southern Hemisphere.
A
Counterclockwise
B
Clockwise
6) The difference in temperature created by the sun causes
A
Wind
B
Waves
C
The Coriolis effect
D
Continental deflection
7) The vertical column consisting of a group of layers is called
A
Layers
B
Horizontal column
C
Water column
D
Overturn column
8) This tide occurs when the sun and the moon are perpendicular to each other which reduces their strength.
A
Spring tide
B
Neap tide
C
Fall tide
D
Summer tide
9) Gyres rotate ___________ in the Southern Hemisphere
A
Counterclockwise
B
Clockwise
10) Waves carry
A
Molecules
B
Nothing
C
Energy
D
Water
11) This tide results in higher high tides and lower low tides
A
Spring tide
B
Summer tide
C
Leap tide
D
Neap tide
12) This idea states that the winds/currents do not move in a straight line but curve?
A
Rotation effect
B
Coriolis wonder
C
Continental deflection
D
Coriolis effect
13) This layer in the ocean is uniformly cold.
A
Surface layer
B
Deep layer
C
Thermocline
14) When the surface layer becomes denser due to excess evaporation or cooling with seasonal temps this results in
A
No change
B
The surface layer displacing lower less dense water
C
The surface layer releasing more oxygen into the atmosphere
15) Which set of winds occurs between the equator and 30 degrees and move west
A
Westerlies
B
Trade winds
C
Polar easterlies
16) Based on the Coriolis effect, what causes the winds to curve?
A
Water
B
Wind
C
Rotation of the earth
D
Tides
17) What has a stronger gravitational pull
A
Sun
B
Sun and moon are equal
C
Moon
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