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Ocean and Atmospheric Circulation Test Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Circular movement of water within an ocean basin

a)

Gyre

b)

Gulf Stream

c)

Salinity

d)

Rip Current

2.

The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.

a)

Gyre

b)

Longshore Current

c)

Coriolis Effect

d)

When a surface current collides with land

3.

Caused primarily by the wind and moves in a circular pattern due to the coriolis effect.  Mixed by winds, waves, and currents.

a)

warm surrent

b)

surface current

c)

Antarctic circumpolar current

d)

when a surface current collides with land

4.

Begins at the equator and results from higher temperatures at that latitude. Gulf stream is an example of this.

a)

Coriolis effect in the Northern Hemisphere

b)

Coriolis effect in the Southern Hemisphere

c)

current

d)

warm current

5.

Begins at the polar caps and are the result of lower temperatures at that latitude. California Current is an example.

a)

cold current

b)

warm current

c)

salinity

d)

rip current

6.

What is #1?

a)

amplitude

b)

trought

c)

crest

d)

wavelength

7.

What is #2?

a)

amplitude

b)

trought

c)

crest

d)

wavelength

8.

What is #3?

a)

amplitude

b)

trought

c)

crest

d)

wavelength

9.

What is #4?

a)

amplitude

b)

trought

c)

crest

d)

wavelength

10.

The famous equator to pole current brings warmth to Europe across the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

gyre

b)

surface current

c)

California current

d)

Gulf Stream

11.

This current brings cold water from Alaska and Canada down the west coast of the United States.

a)

gyre

b)

surface current

c)

California current

d)

Gulf Stream

12.

Deflects to the right (clockwise)

a)

Salinity

b)

Northern Coriolis

c)

Southern Coriolis

d)

when a surface current collides with land

13.

The current must change direction

a)

Salinity

b)

Northern Coriolis

c)

Southern Coriolis

d)

when a surface current collides with land

14.

La Nina is basically defined as

a)

hot

b)

cold

c)

Spanish

d)

French

15.

El Nino is basically defined as

a)

hot

b)

cold

c)

Spanish

d)

French

16.

What is upwelling?

a)

When seawater and nutrients rise to the surface

b)

When seawater sinks down to deep water

c)

density of water

d)

ocean currents

17.

What is downwelling?

a)

When seawater and nutrients rise to the surface

b)

When seawater sinks down to deep water

c)

density of water

d)

ocean currents

18.

What climate zone are westerly winds found in? (Most of the United States is found in this zone)

a)

Temperate

b)

Polar

c)

Tropical

d)

all of them

19.

The polar jet stream can bring down __  conditions from the north

a)

wet

b)

warm

c)

windy

d)

cold

20.

Which of these statements is true?

a)

water heats up and cools down more quickly than land

b)

water heats up and cools down slower than land

c)

land and water heat up and slow down at the same rate

d)

land heats up and cools down slower than water

21.

Since the United States in in the Temperate Climate Zone, the weather systems move from

a)

East to West

b)

West to East

c)

North to South

d)

South to North

22.

What is the source of energy that drives Earth's winds?

a)

Sun

b)

Earth's rotation

c)

Gravity

d)

Ocean waves

23.

What climate zone are westerly winds found in? (Most of the United States is found in this zone)

a)

Polar

b)

Tropical

c)

Temperate

d)

All of them

24.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the jet stream moves from

a)

West to East

b)

East to West

c)

North to South

d)

South to North

25.

What climate zone are the tradewinds found in?

a)

Tropical

b)

Polar

c)

Temperate

d)

all of them

26.

What is the name of large masses of moving air caused by uneven heating of the Earth's surface by the sun?

a)

Land breeze

b)

Global wind

c)

Jet Stream

d)

Coriolis Effect

27.

What determines the three main types of climate zones?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

ocean currents

d)

wind patterns

28.

Which of these are set in motion by the uneven heating of Earth's surface?

a)

solar radiation

b)

ocean waves

c)

convection currents

d)

surface water runoff

29.

Because convection cells are in place in the  atmosphere, and Earth is spinning on its axis, global winds appear to curve.  This is known as the

a)

Greenhouse effect

b)

gravitational pull

c)

Global Winds

d)

Coriolis effect

30.

Surface currents are a result of

a)

Global wind patterns

b)

density

c)

Earth's rotation

d)

all of them

31.

Deep ocean currents are a result of

a)

Global wind patterns

b)

Earth's rotation

c)

density

d)

all of them

32.

The Coriolis effect is caused by

a)

Earth revolving around the sun

b)

Earth rotating on its axis

c)

The tides

d)

Gravity

33.

As you go deeper into the ocean, what happens to the water?

a)

it gets colder

b)

it gets saltier (higher salinity)

c)

It gets denser

d)

all of them

34.

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the Northern Hemisphere moves...

a)

clockwise

b)

counter clockwise

c)

both

d)

neither

35.

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the Southern Hemisphere moves...

a)

clockwise

b)

counter clockwise

c)

both

d)

neither

36.

Warm ocean currents generally come from

a)

North Pole

b)

South Pole

c)

Equator

d)

North and South Pole

37.

Cold ocean currents generally come from

a)

North Pole

b)

South Pole

c)

Equator

d)

North and South Pole

38.

Two types of water currents are

a)

local and global

b)

sea and land

c)

Coriolis effect and surface currents

d)

warm and cold

39.

Ocean Currents have an effect on which two things?

a)

climate and weather

b)

land and sea

c)

Temperate and density

d)

Equator and poles

40.

Constantly moving system of deep ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity.  It moves water around the globe.

a)

California Current

b)

Global Conveyor belt

c)

Gulf Stream

d)

surface current

41.

A horizontal movement of ocean water caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean’s surface

a)

Gulf Stream

b)

Global Conveyor Belt

c)

Surface Current

d)

Gyre

42.

All of the following are true about the Greenhouse effect EXCEPT:

a)

They block heat from escaping into space

b)

They keep Earth warm

c)

Nitrogen, Carbon, and Fluorine are the most important ones

d)

They make life on Earth possible

43.

Methane is a Greenhouse Gas.  Where does most of the methane come from?

a)

burning fossil fuels

b)

agriculture and livestock

c)

from upwelling

d)

trees release it from their leaves during photosynthesis

44.

What 2 things cause Ekman Transport?

a)

Density and air pressure

b)

Coriolis effect and wind

c)

heat and pressure

d)

tropical winds and westerlies

45.

A hurricane, typhoon, and a cyclone are all the sae type of storm, just in different areas of the World.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

What layer has the coldest densest water?

a)

surface layer

b)

intermediate layer

c)

bottom layer

d)

all of them have the coldest densest water. all water densities are the same

47.

All global surface currents are the same.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Which layer is mixed by winds, waves, and currents?

a)

surface layer

b)

intermediate layer

c)

bottom layer

d)

all of them, they are all mixed the same

49.

Breeze that blows from water to the land.

a)

land breeze

b)

sea breeze

c)

global winds

d)

Coriolis effect

50.

Breeze that blows from land to water.

a)

land breeze

b)

sea breeze

c)

global winds

d)

Coriolis effect

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