Oceans Chap 9 Quiz Review - Circulation of the Ocean

The DENSEST water in the ocean is

• the warmest

• the top layer

• the coldest

• the middle layer

Which current within a northern hemisphere gyre should have the coldest temperature?

• an eastern boundary current

• a western boundary current

• an equatorial current

• a northerly moving current

Under normal conditions, surface winds move across most of the tropical Pacific from the

• east to west

• west to east

• north to south

• down to up

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The circular movement of water in the southern Pacific Ocean is on of the 5 ocean

• gyres

• currents

• whirlpools

• spirals of destruction

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The Sverdrup (Sv) is a measure of

• volume of water per unit time

• temperature as a function of latitude

• the northern lights

• scholastic aptitude

In the southern hemisphere currents move in a _______________ pattern in an ocean basin.

• counterclockwise

• clockwise

• north to south

• south to north

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El Nino conditions are associated with

• a disruption in the equatorial current

• strengthening of the equatorial curent

• strengthening of the trade winds

• the end of The Gulf Stream

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Onshore winds are associated with

• downwelling

• upwelling

• increase in surface nutrients

• colder water at the coast

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An eastern boundary current is typically

• a cold current traveling equatorward

• a warm current traveling equatorward

• a cold current traveling poleward

• a warm current traveling poleward

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One source of nutrient rich water is

• upwelling

• downwelling

• sidewelling

• nowelling

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