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1 Get a piece of paper and write A B C D

2 Answer the following

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

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

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

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

7 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

8 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

9 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

10 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

11 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

12 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

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

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

15 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

16 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

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

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

19 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

20 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

21 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

22 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31 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

32 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

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

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

35 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

36 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

51 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

52 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

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

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

55 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

56 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

57 It takes about how many years for the current conveyor belt to make a complete circuit? A. 100 years B. 1 year C. 1000 years D. 500 years

58 It takes about how many years for the current conveyor belt to make a complete circuit? A. 100 years B. 1 year C. 1000 years D. 500 years

59 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

60 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

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

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

63 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

64 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


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