Quiz: Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation

When cool, dense air from over the water flows inland, it's called a _____.

• land breeze

• polar easterly

• jet stream

• sea breeze

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Steady winds between the equator and 30° latitude north or south are known as the _____.

• prevailing westerlies

• jet stream

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

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What are polar easterlies?

• Steady winds that flow from east to west between 30°N latitude and 30°S latitude.

• Steady winds that flow from west to east between latitudes 30°N and 60°N, and 30°S and 60°S.

• Cold winds that blow from east to west near the North Pole and the South Pole.

• A wind-driven current that carries ocean water horizontally across the ocean’s surface.

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An increase in ocean salinity can change _____ and create a current.

• the temperature near the poles

• the density of water

• the Coriolis Effect

• the wind speed across the surface

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What is wind?

• The movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

• The force that a column of air applies on the air or a surface below it.

• The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles within matter.

• The vertical movement of water toward the ocean's surface.

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Which of the following occurs when wind blows across the ocean's surface, pushing water away from an area?

• upwelling

• surface current

• density current

• salinity current

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The Coriolis Effects helps distribute heat around the surface of Earth.

• True

• False

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What is upwelling?

• The vertical movement of water caused by differences in density.

• A phenomenon where the rotation of Earth causes moving air and water to appear to move to the right in the Northern hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.

• The vertical movement of water toward the ocean's surface.

• A wind-driven current that carries ocean water horizontally across the ocean's surface.

What is a surface current?

• The vertical movement of water toward the ocean's surface.

• A wind-driven current that carries ocean water horizontally across the ocean's surface.

• The vertical movement of water caused by differences in density.

• A phenomenon where the rotation of Earth causes moving air and water to appear to move to the right in the Northern hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.

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What are trade winds?

• Cold winds that blow from east to west near the North Pole and the South Pole.

• Steady winds that flow from west to east between latitudes 30°N and 60°N, and 30°S and 60°S.

• Steady winds that flow from east to west between 30°N latitude and 30°S latitude.

• A wind-driven current that carries ocean water horizontally across the ocean’s surface.

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