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Get a piece of paper and write A B C D

Answer the following

What is the deepest depth of water that wind affects? A. 100 ft B. 200 C. 500 D. 1000

What is the deepest depth of water that wind affects? A. 100 ft B. 200 C. 500 D. 1000

What are two factors that move thermohaline currents? A. Salinity and wind B. Salinity and temperature C. temperature and wind D. temperature and gravity

What are two factors that move thermohaline currents? A. Salinity and wind B. Salinity and temperature C. temperature and wind D. temperature and gravity

What are two of the four primary forces that start water moving? A. Solar heating and wind B. wind and gravity C. coriolis effect and solar heating D. all of these

What are two of the four primary forces that start water moving? A. Solar heating and wind B. wind and gravity C. coriolis effect and solar heating D. all of these

Water near the equator is about 8 centimeters higher than at mid-latitudes. Why? A. Coriolis effect B. gravity from the moon C. Warm water expands D. none of these

Water near the equator is about 8 centimeters higher than at mid-latitudes. Why? A. Coriolis effect B. gravity from the moon C. Warm water expands D. none of these

What is the current on the eastern boundary of the North Atlantic Gyre? A. Gulf stream B. North Atlantic Current C. Canary Current D. North Equatorial current

What is the current on the eastern boundary of the North Atlantic Gyre? A. Gulf stream B. North Atlantic Current C. Canary Current D. North Equatorial current

What is the term for large mounds of water and the flow around them? A. Gyre B. Coriolis C. bubble D. Gyote

What is the term for large mounds of water and the flow around them? A. Gyre B. Coriolis C. bubble D. Gyote

What is the name of the current at the southernmost part of the South Atlantic Gyre? A. Brazil B. Benguela C. South Atlantic D. South Equitorial

What is the name of the current at the southernmost part of the South Atlantic Gyre? A. Brazil B. Benguela C. South Atlantic D. South Equitorial

What direction is the gyre rotating in the North Pacific? A. Clockwise B. counter-clockwise

What direction is the gyre rotating in the North Pacific? A. Clockwise B. counter-clockwise

What is a western boundary current? A. On the eastern side of a country B. on the western side of a country C. On the eastern side of a gyre D. none of these

What is a western boundary current? A. On the eastern side of a country B. on the western side of a country C. On the eastern side of a gyre D. none of these

What direction is the wind blowing to get upwelling on the west coast of the U.S.? A. Westward B. Eastward C. Southward D. both a and c

What direction is the wind blowing to get upwelling on the west coast of the U.S.? A. Westward B. Eastward C. Southward D. both a and c

If wind is blowing northward on the coast of Peru, what direction is the current moving? A. North B. South C. West D. East

If wind is blowing northward on the coast of Peru, what direction is the current moving? A. North B. South C. West D. East

What generates upwelling and downwelling A. wind B. Ekman transport C. current moving away from shore D. a and b

What generates upwelling and downwelling A. wind B. Ekman transport C. current moving away from shore D. a and b

Describe the water temperature off the coast of California during an upwelling event. A. warm B. very cold C. cool D. very warm

Describe the water temperature off the coast of California during an upwelling event. A. warm B. very cold C. cool D. very warm

What temperature is water most dense? A. 32 degrees F B. 0 degrees centigrade C. 19 degrees F D. 39 degrees F

What temperature is water most dense? A. 32 degrees F B. 0 degrees centigrade C. 19 degrees F D. 39 degrees F

What is similar to a spring lake and a fall lake? A. Both are well mixed B. Both are not dense and warm C. both are not mixed very well D. Both are dense and cold

What is similar to a spring lake and a fall lake? A. Both are well mixed B. Both are not dense and warm C. both are not mixed very well D. Both are dense and cold

The bottom layer of a Summer lake is called.. A. epilimnion B. hypolimnion C. hyperlimnion D. thermcline

The bottom layer of a Summer lake is called.. A. epilimnion B. hypolimnion C. hyperlimnion D. thermcline

What is the warmest part of a winter lake? A. the surface ice B. the bottom C. the thermocline D. the area under the ice

What is the warmest part of a winter lake? A. the surface ice B. the bottom C. the thermocline D. the area under the ice

What month(s) is(are) the best for fishing? A. spring B. fall C. summer D. both a and b

What month(s) is(are) the best for fishing? A. spring B. fall C. summer D. both a and b

What are the two types of ocean currents? A. Surface and Deep B. Temperate and salinity C. Salinity and Deep D. surface and wind

What are the two types of ocean currents? A. Surface and Deep B. Temperate and salinity C. Salinity and Deep D. surface and wind

Deep water currents are driven by…. A. thermocline circulation B. thermohaline circulation C. wind D. tides

Deep water currents are driven by…. A. thermocline circulation B. thermohaline circulation C. wind D. tides

The western boundary of the North Atlantic Gyer is… A. Gulf stream B. North Atlantic Drift C. Canary Current D. North Equatorial current

The western boundary of the North Atlantic Gyer is… A. Gulf stream B. North Atlantic Drift C. Canary Current D. North Equatorial current

What is the reason water spins toward the center of the ocean? A. solar heating B. gravity C. Ekman transport D. worldwide currents

What is the reason water spins toward the center of the ocean? A. solar heating B. gravity C. Ekman transport D. worldwide currents

What direction are the trade winds blowing to the north of the equator? A. Eastward B. Westward C. Northwestward D. Southwestward

What direction are the trade winds blowing to the north of the equator? A. Eastward B. Westward C. Northwestward D. Southwestward

A balance between the Coriolis effect and gravity produces…. A. Ekman transport B. Geostrophic current C. Gyres D. colder water

A balance between the Coriolis effect and gravity produces…. A. Ekman transport B. Geostrophic current C. Gyres D. colder water

Western boundary currents produce…. A. warm, shallow and fast-moving currents B. cool, deep and slow-moving currents C. warm, deep and slow-moving currents D. cool, shallow and fast-moving currents

Western boundary currents produce…. A. warm, shallow and fast-moving currents B. cool, deep and slow-moving currents C. warm, deep and slow-moving currents D. cool, shallow and fast-moving currents

Eastern boundary currents originate where? A. low latitudes B. high latitudes C. mid latitudes D. western coastlines

Eastern boundary currents originate where? A. low latitudes B. high latitudes C. mid latitudes D. western coastlines

Thermohaline circulation distributes this. A. cool water from the equator B. deep ocean cold currents from the polar regions C. heat from the tropics to the poles D. none of these

Thermohaline circulation distributes this. A. cool water from the equator B. deep ocean cold currents from the polar regions C. heat from the tropics to the poles D. none of these

It takes about how many years for the current conveyor belt to make a complete circuit? A. 100 years B. 1 year C years D. 500 years

It takes about how many years for the current conveyor belt to make a complete circuit? A. 100 years B. 1 year C years D. 500 years

If the wind are coming from the south on the east coast of the U.S., how is the fishing, why? A. good; upwelling B. bad; upwelling C. good; downwelling D. bad; downwelling

If the wind are coming from the south on the east coast of the U.S., how is the fishing, why? A. good; upwelling B. bad; upwelling C. good; downwelling D. bad; downwelling

What west coast hemisphere is this located and is the fishing good? A. southern; no B. southern; yes C. northern; yes D. northern; no

What west coast hemisphere is this located and is the fishing good? A. southern; no B. southern; yes C. northern; yes D. northern; no

What direction is the current going if this is located in the southern hemisphere? “Welling”? A.Right of the wind; upwelling B.Right of the wind; downwelling C.Left of the wind; upwelling D.Left of the wind; downwelling

What direction is the current going if this is located in the southern hemisphere? “Welling”? A.Right of the wind; upwelling B.Right of the wind; downwelling C.Left of the wind; upwelling D.Left of the wind; downwelling