ess 130 final review (chapters: 6-10)

24 hours 50 mins

A full lunar tidal cycle is

30-60 deg latitude

According to the figure showing global wind belts and boundaries, the westerlies wind belt are in/at

deeper currents, increased current velocity, warmer water, and narrower current are all true of western boundary currents

Compareed to an eastern boundary current in a gyre, which of the following statements is true for a western boundary wave

density differences; differences in salinity and temperature

Deep ocean currents are driven primarily by_________ and caused by_________.

Beach compartment

Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.

Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect

Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below. The Coriolis force is a true force BECAUSE it accelerates a moving body or air and influences its speed

The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.

Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: A tidal bulge is created on the side of Earth facing away from the Moon BECAUSE the required centripetal force is greater than the provided gravitational force.

Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.

Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Longshore current cannot change direction BECAUSE the waves that approach a beach never change direction with different seasons.

deltas

Large deposits of sediment at the mouths of rivers are called

winds blowing across the ocean surface

Most ocean waves form as a result of

wind; the Coriolis Effect and land

Surface ocean currents are driven primarily by_________ and modified by_________.

the wind and the Coriolis effect

The Ekman Spiral is caused by

Coriolis Effect

The apparent deflection of air masses to the right or left (depending on latitude) as they move from one latitude to another

Diurnal Tidal Pattern

The graph shown is an example of which of the following tidal patterns?

Ekman Transport

The observation that ships and icebergs in the northern hemisphere float to the right of the wind direction is an example of which of the following

wavelength divided by period

Wave celerity in deep water is equal to

The moon must rotate an additional 50 minutes to catch up to Earth

Which of the following best explains why there is a difference between a lunar day and a solar day?

1/2 of the wavelength

a deep-water wave occurs when the water depth is equal to atleast

has very high high tides and very low low tides

a spring tide

pacific ocean

a vast majority of all large tsunami are generated in the

increases; decreases

as a wave begins to feel bottom near a shoreline, its wave height_______ and its wave length_______.

high tide

if the side of the Earth that faces the Moon experiences a high tide, than the side of the Earth that is opposite from the Moon will have a

when the Moon is in quadrature

neap tides occur

upwelling

surface waters are pushed away from land and replaced by nutrient-rich deep water through

wave steepness

the ratio of the wave height to wavelength is called the

water depth

the speed of a shallow-water wave is proportional to

tidal range

the vertical difference between consecutive high and low tides is called the

centripetal

the______ force pulls an orbiting body toward the center of that orbit

ebb current

water flowing out of an enclosed basin due to the tides is called a

As a result of the Coriolis Effect in the northern hemisphere,

winds always are deflected to the right of their original direction