Oceanography Review - End of Course

What causes surface currents to move in circular paths?

• strong winds

• the Coriolis effect

• salinity

• the Global Ocean Conveyor

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Explain the importance of upwelling to ocean life.

• brings nutrients from the deep ocean to the surface

• it allows animals to find new homes

• causes density changes that circulate temperature

• brings nutrients from the surface to the deep ocean

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The density of ocean water depends on what two factors?

• temperature and global winds

• temperature and nutrients

• salinity and upwelling

• salinity and temperature

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What is letter D?

• Cont. Shelf
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Volcanic Island
• Seamount

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What is letter G?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Rift
• Trench
• Cont. Shelf

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What is letter A?

• Cont. Shelf
• Cont. Slope
• Seamount
• Abyssal Plain

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Scientists use ______ to determine the oceans depth.

• Submarines

• Sonar

• Helicopters

• Radiowaves

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What ocean zone does this image belong to?

• coral reef

• deep ocean

• hydrothermal vents

• kelp forest

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What ocean zone does this image represent?

• hydrothermal vent

• deep ocean

• open ocean

• kelp forest

Mineral-rich water, heated by newly formed oceanic crust, escapes through cracks in the ocean floor called _____.

• nodules

• rifts

• hydrothermal vents

• trenches

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