Thermohaline Circulation

______ causes deep ocean currents

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• wind

• density differences

______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

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Decreasing ocean temperature causes the density of the water to ______.

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

• fluctuate

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Nutrients are brought to the surface for phytoplankton to use at _______.

• gyres

• eddies

• upwellings

• the equator

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What does the blue line represent in the Thermohaline circulation?

• Warm salty water

• Warm water

• Cold water

• Cold salty water

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What does the red line represent?

• Warm water

• Warm salty water

• Cold water

• Cold salty water

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Which of the following types of water would SINK the fastest?

• warm and salty

• cold and salty

• warm and fresh

• cold and fresh

What term is the measure of dissolved salts in water?

• Thermocline
• Salinity
• Saltiness
• Tides

warmest ocean region

• westerlies
• polar
• poles
• equator

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coldest ocean region

• horse latitudes
• poles
• equator
• tropics

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