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