Exit Ticket - Ocean Circulation Part 1

What are the characteristics of the Equatorial climate zone?

• A) Rising air, Weak winds, Doldrums

• B) High pressure, Descending air

• C) Strong winds, Little precipitation, Rough seas

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Which climate zone is characterized by high pressure and descending air?

• Equatorial

• Tropical

• Subtropical

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Which climate zone experiences extensive precipitation and summer sea ice?

• Temperate

• Subpolar

• Polar

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What type of ocean current is represented by the red arrows on the map?

• A) Warm currents

• B) Cool currents

• C) Subpolar currents

• D) Polar currents

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Fill in the blank: Slush becomes disk-shaped ______.

• pancake ice

• snowflakes

• hailstones

• icebergs

What do icebergs break off from?

• Mountains

• Glaciers

• Rivers

• Lakes

What are the plate-like icebergs called that form when the edges of glaciers break off in Antarctica?

• Ice sheets

• Shelf ice

• Ice caps

• Ice floes

Characteristic _______ and salinity are used for measuring deep currents.

• temperature

• pressure

• density

• velocity

Surface currents occur above the _______.

• pycnocline

• thermocline

• halocline

• isocline

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What influences the flow in each ocean basin?

• A) Distribution of continents

• B) Temperature

• C) Salinity

• D) Wind

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