Thermohaline Circulation Lesson

What is the result of uneven heating of Earth's oceans from the Sun's radiation?

• convection

• concurrent

• salinity

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What term means temperature and salt content?

• thermohaline

  (thermohaline circulation)

• deflection

• current

Dissolved salt content in a body of water

• current

• density

• salinity

The amount of matter in a given volume

• density

• current

• thermohaline

• circulation

Water with high salinity is (less / more) dense than water with low salinity.

• less

• more

How do oceans influence weather and climate?

• Oceans cause winds to move b the motion of strong currents

• Oceans reflect the Sun's energy back through the atmosphere into space

• Oceans waves continually generate heat through wave action

• Oceans absorb the energy of the Sun, store it, and release it

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Select all of the following that contribute to the large-scale patterns of surface currents in the ocean

• wind

• sediments

• distribution of land masses

• salinity

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What specific surface current moves water from the tropics to Europe?

• Gulf Stream

• Global Conveyor Belt

• Deep Current

• Coriolis Effect

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Surface ocean currents are mainly driven by

• tides

• density

• wind

• the earth's rotation

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The densest water has

• warm temperature, high salinity

• warm temperature, low salinity

• cold temperature, low salinity

• cold temperature, high salinity