7th Ch. 14 Test

The celestial body that gravity uses to pulls the tides is the ___.

List three factors that control surface currents.

List the three factors that influence currents.

A stream-like movement of ocean water located far below the surface

• tide
• wave
• shallow current
• deep current

Horizontal movements of water that are caused by wind and occur at or near the ocean's surface are called ___.

• tides
• waves
• surface currents
• deep currents

Two examples of surface currents are the Gulf Stream and the

• Brazil Current
• Antarctic Bottom Water
• Coriolis Current
• North Atlantic Deep Current

Ocean currents in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere turn ___.

• from west to east
• opposite directions
• clockwise
• against the Earth's rotation

The density of ocean water increases when it ___.

• joins the Gulf Stream
• gets colder
• gets warmer
• turns to ice

What are the two main parts of a wave?

• a swell and whitecap
• wavelength and wabe height
• crest and trough
• rise and dip

What causes breakers to crash into the ocean floor?

• deep water waves
• gravity
• short wavelengths
• shore currents