Oceanography & Meteorology Test Study Guide

What does the blue line represent in the Thermohaline circulation?

• Warm salty water

• Warm water

• Cold water

• Cold salty water

The two properties of ocean water that influence density are:

• location and precipitation

• salinity and speed

• speed and temperature

• temperature and salinity

Large circular movements of water in between the continents.

• Gyres

• Coriolis Effect

Surface currents are caused mainly by the ______________.

• Sun

• Wind

Warm water is found near the _______________ because this is where the sun hits the Earth most directly.

• Equator

• Poles

______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

______ causes deep ocean currents

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• wind

• density differences

_______ causes the Coriolis Effect

• Earth's rotation

• gravity

• wind

• density

Why are polar seas saltier?

• Higher wave activity
• Higher cyclone activity
• Water freezes leaving higher salinity
• The global conveyor belt slows down in cold water

What are tides caused by?

• Doldrums
• Wind
• Coriolis effect
• Gravitational pull of the moon and sun