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WorksheetsOceans-final review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How long does an El Nino event last?
a)
1-3 years
b)
8-10 years
c)
3-6 years
d)
6-8 years
2.
What process brings vital nutrients to organisms living in the surface waters of the ocean?
a)
Ekman drift
b)
Geostrophic flow
c)
Downwelling
d)
Upwelling
3.
What occurs in the western side of the Pacific Ocean near Asia during Southern Oscillation?
a)
Scientists don't know
b)
The amount of rain increases
c)
The amount of rain decreases
d)
The amount of rain stays the same
4.
What is the equation for density?
a)
d= m x v
b)
d= m/v
c)
d= v/m
d)
d=v x m
5.
How are phytoplankton affected by El Nino?
a)
The number of them increase
b)
They get pushed to lower depths
c)
The number of them decrease
d)
They get pushed southward
6.
"Westerlies" are wind patterns that
a)
come from the east
b)
come from the west
c)
come from the north
d)
come from the south
7.
What country experiences a dramatic decline in the fishing industry during El Nino?
a)
Peru
b)
USA
c)
Ecuador
d)
Asia
8.
What is the name of a scientist who studies the daily weather called?
a)
geologist
b)
climatologist
c)
oceanographer
d)
meteorologist
9.
Air pressure _________ as you gain altitude.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
10.
What is the main factor that determines how much water vapor air may hold?
a)
pressure
b)
temperature
c)
wind
d)
humidity
11.
True or False: "Mature" is one of the stages of a thunderstorm.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
What is a narrow zone of transition that forms between two different air masses?
a)
Mass
b)
Zone
c)
Boundary
d)
Front
13.
How do the winds blow?
a)
low to high
b)
high to low
c)
left to right
d)
right to left
14.
What type of air mass would be warm and dry?
a)
Continental Polar
b)
Continental Tropical
c)
Maritime Polar
d)
Maritime Tropical
15.
Cold air is _______ dense than warm air.
a)
more
b)
less
c)
the same
16.
Which of the following is necessary for cloud formation?
a)
height of 2000 meters
b)
warming to the dew point
c)
temperature at 40 degrees
d)
condensation nuclei
17.
What type of precipitation occurs in the cloud?
a)
Hail
b)
Sleet
c)
Freezing Rain
18.
Which type of precipitation freezes after it hits the ground?
a)
Sleet
b)
Hail
c)
Freezing Rain
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