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Get a piece of paper and write A B C D
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Answer the following
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What is the deepest depth of water that wind affects? A. 100 ft B. 200 C. 500 D. 1000
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What is the deepest depth of water that wind affects? A. 100 ft B. 200 C. 500 D. 1000
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What are two factors that move thermohaline currents? A. Salinity and wind B. Salinity and temperature C. temperature and wind D. temperature and gravity
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What are two factors that move thermohaline currents? A. Salinity and wind B. Salinity and temperature C. temperature and wind D. temperature and gravity
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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What is the term for large mounds of water and the flow around them? A. Gyre B. Coriolis C. bubble D. Gyote
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What is the term for large mounds of water and the flow around them? A. Gyre B. Coriolis C. bubble D. Gyote
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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
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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
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What direction is the gyre rotating in the North Pacific? A. Clockwise B. counter-clockwise
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What direction is the gyre rotating in the North Pacific? A. Clockwise B. counter-clockwise
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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
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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
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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
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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
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If wind is blowing northward on the coast of Peru, what direction is the current moving? A. North B. South C. West D. East
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If wind is blowing northward on the coast of Peru, what direction is the current moving? A. North B. South C. West D. East
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What generates upwelling and downwelling A. wind B. Ekman transport C. current moving away from shore D. a and b
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What generates upwelling and downwelling A. wind B. Ekman transport C. current moving away from shore D. a and b
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Describe the water temperature off the coast of California during an upwelling event. A. warm B. very cold C. cool D. very warm
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Describe the water temperature off the coast of California during an upwelling event. A. warm B. very cold C. cool D. very warm
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What temperature is water most dense? A. 32 degrees F B. 0 degrees centigrade C. 19 degrees F D. 39 degrees F
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What temperature is water most dense? A. 32 degrees F B. 0 degrees centigrade C. 19 degrees F D. 39 degrees F
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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
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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
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The bottom layer of a Summer lake is called.. A. epilimnion B. hypolimnion C. hyperlimnion D. thermcline
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The bottom layer of a Summer lake is called.. A. epilimnion B. hypolimnion C. hyperlimnion D. thermcline
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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
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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
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What month(s) is(are) the best for fishing? A. spring B. fall C. summer D. both a and b
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What month(s) is(are) the best for fishing? A. spring B. fall C. summer D. both a and b
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What are the two types of ocean currents? A. Surface and Deep B. Temperate and salinity C. Salinity and Deep D. surface and wind
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What are the two types of ocean currents? A. Surface and Deep B. Temperate and salinity C. Salinity and Deep D. surface and wind
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Deep water currents are driven by…. A. thermocline circulation B. thermohaline circulation C. wind D. tides
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Deep water currents are driven by…. A. thermocline circulation B. thermohaline circulation C. wind D. tides
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The western boundary of the North Atlantic Gyer is… A. Gulf stream B. North Atlantic Drift C. Canary Current D. North Equatorial current
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The western boundary of the North Atlantic Gyer is… A. Gulf stream B. North Atlantic Drift C. Canary Current D. North Equatorial current
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What is the reason water spins toward the center of the ocean? A. solar heating B. gravity C. Ekman transport D. worldwide currents
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What is the reason water spins toward the center of the ocean? A. solar heating B. gravity C. Ekman transport D. worldwide currents
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What direction are the trade winds blowing to the north of the equator? A. Eastward B. Westward C. Northwestward D. Southwestward
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What direction are the trade winds blowing to the north of the equator? A. Eastward B. Westward C. Northwestward D. Southwestward
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A balance between the Coriolis effect and gravity produces…. A. Ekman transport B. Geostrophic current C. Gyres D. colder water
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A balance between the Coriolis effect and gravity produces…. A. Ekman transport B. Geostrophic current C. Gyres D. colder water
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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
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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
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Eastern boundary currents originate where? A. low latitudes B. high latitudes C. mid latitudes D. western coastlines
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Eastern boundary currents originate where? A. low latitudes B. high latitudes C. mid latitudes D. western coastlines
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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What west coast hemisphere is this located and is the fishing good? A. southern; no B. southern; yes C. northern; yes D. northern; no
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What west coast hemisphere is this located and is the fishing good? A. southern; no B. southern; yes C. northern; yes D. northern; no
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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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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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