Ocean

Each subtropical gyre is composed of how many main currents that flow into one another?

4

Which of the following is true for downwelling?

Creates high productivity

The Benguela Current is an example of which of the following types of currents?

Eastern Boundary Current

The Canary Current is an example of which of the following types of currents

Eastern Boundary Current

The Peru (Humboldt) Current is an example of which of the following types of currents?

Eastern Boundary Current

The observation that ships and icebergs in the Southern Hemisphere float to the left of the wind direction is an example of which of the following?

Ekman transport

The North Pacific current is an example of which of the following types of currents

Northern Boundary Current

The observation of a hill of water within all subtropical gyres is an example of which of the following?

Subtropical convergence

About what percent of the wind's energy is transferred to the ocean surface?

Two

___ is the upward movement of cold, deep, nutrient-rich water to the surface

Upwelling

Cold currents flowing ________ on the ________ sides of continents produce arid conditions.

toward the equator; western

Surface waters are pushed away from land and replaced by nutrient-rich bottom water through:

upwelling

The Brazil Current is an example of which of the following types of currents?

western boundary current