Chapter 9A Quiz

Surface currents are _____________ stream-like movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean.

• horizontal
• vertical
• strong
• weak

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Warm Water Currents begin near the _____________and travel to the______________.

• Poles; Equator

• Equator; Equator

• Poles; Poles

• Equator; Poles

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Density increases when

• Temperature decreases and salinity increases

• Temperature increases and salinity decreases

• Both

• Neither

Horizontal streamlike movements that occur at or near the ocean's surface

• Surface Current

• Deep Ocean Current

• Ocean Current

• Longshore Current

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Currents are influenced by weather, the Earth's rotation, and the position of the _______.

• sun
• continents
• wind

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Surface currents are _____________ stream-like movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean.

• horizontal
• vertical
• strong
• weak

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The density of ocean water is affected by temperature and ___________.

• salinity
• depth
• volume

The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth rotating around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• The tides
• Gravity

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Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves

• clockwise
• counter clockwise
• both
• neither

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Two types of water currents are

• local and global
• sea and land
• surface and deep
• warm and cold

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