WorksheetsGOL 111 Ch. 6 & 7 Review Quizizz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 2hrs 1mins
Which season starts with the Vernal Equinox?
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
What is Earth's plane of the ecliptic (also called ecliptic plane)?
The plane traced by the Midnight Sun
The plane traced by the Horse latitudes on Earth
The plane traced by Earth's revolution around the Sun
The plane traced by the Earth's tilt
The plane traced by the Moon during the Polar Night
When the is Sun directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5°S, this is our _________.
Autumnal Equinox
Vernal Equinox
Summer Solstice
Winter Solstice
The wind-driven surface currents combine into huge, circular ocean systems called _________.
gyres
upwelling
Coriolis effect
equatorial currents
Thermohaline Circulation is driven by (a) differences.
Compared to the Gulf Stream (a western boundary current), the Canary Current (an eastern boundary current) is ________.
wide and deep
wide and slow
deep and fast
narrow and deep
shallow and fast
The Ekman Spiral is driven by ________.
density differences in the water column
the wind and gravity
the wind, friction, and the Coriolis effect
the pycnocline
pressure gradients
Geostrophic currents within a gyre are balanced and driven by ________.
density and the wind
temperature and salinity
gravity and the Coriolis force
wind and pressure
salinity and gravity
In the subtropical gyres, warm currents flow (a) along the (b) sides of the ocean basins.
Which of the following is NOT an eastern boundary current? ________
Canary Current
California Current
Peru Current
Gulf Stream
Winds blowing along the coast, such as in the image in the northern hemisphere, are replaced by nutrient-rich deep water through coastal ________.
convergence
downwelling
upwelling
sea breezes
Which type of sea ice forms after slush develops at the sea surface?
Pancake ice
Ice floes
Pressure ridges
Ice-rafted debris
Icebergs
The image shows wind blowing from the sea to the land during the day. This is known as a ______.
land breeze
beach breeze
sea breeze
wind breeze
The doldrums are also called the _______
polar convergence zone
prevailing westerlies
Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
horse latitudes
Where does the maximum Coriolis effect take place?
Doldrums
Vernal Equinox
Equator
Poles
All of the following are true about Thermohaline Circulation, except
thermohaline circulation involves the majority of the ocean
the deep ocean currents have a fast velocity
flow depends on temperature and salinity (i.e. density)
thermohaline circulation distributes heat, nutrients, and salt around the world
In the northern hemisphere, the Coriolis effect causes winds coming from the north to deflect to the
north
east
south
west
Winds always blow from areas of (a) pressure to (b) pressure.
Hurricanes are (a) -pressure systems that rotate (b) in the northern hemisphere.
The net water transport, integrated over the depth of the Ekman Spiral, is at how many degrees from the wind direction in the northern hemisphere?
45 degrees to the right of the wind direction
90 degrees to the right of the wind direction
45 degrees to the left of the wind direction
the same direction as wind
90 degrees to the left of the wind direction
Read the answer options carefully. Western intensification ________.
causes a steeper slope of surface water in the western section of gyres as compared to the eastern section of the gyre
causes the center of gyres to be shifted to the west in all ocean basins
causes very swift western boundary currents
all of the answers are correct about western intensification
is due to the Earth's rotation
Onshore winds are associated with
downwelling
upwelling
increase in surface nutrients
colder water at the coast
land breezes
El Niño is characterized by unusually (a) ocean temperatures in the Equatorial (b) .
