E6 Unit 2 Importance of oceans to the environment and... 2.1

1. Water in the oceans rises into the atmosphere through ___________.

• A. evaporation

• B. condensation

• C. interception

• D. transpiration

2. Seawater has a ___________ heat capacity so it heats up and cools down slower than land.

• A. lower

• B. higher

3. ___________ brings waters from higher latitudes to lower latitudes.

• A. Gulf Stream

• B. South Equatorial Current

• C. West Australian Current

• D. North Atlantic Drift

4. Half of the Earth’s oxygen is produced by ___________.

• A. crops

• B. phytoplankton

• C. zooplankton

• D. trees

5. Large amounts of carbon are stored in oceans.

• A. True

• B. False