Ocean Ch 7
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.
Peru Current
Which of the following Atlantic Subtropical gyre boundary currents is split into two by a large landmass?
South Equatorial Current
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The temperatures across the Atlantic at different latitudes are much higher in Europe than in North America BECAUSE of the effects of heat transfer from the Gulf Stream.
The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The Equatorial Countercurrent is much better developed in the Pacific Ocean than in the Atlantic BECAUSE the Pacific Ocean basin is larger and more unobstructed than the Atlantic Ocean
The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
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.
Agulhas Current
Which of the following is a western boundary current?
Brazil Current
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.
Canary Current
Which of the following is not an eastern boundary current?
Canary Current
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 North Equatorial Current is an example of which of the following types of currents?
Equatorial Current
Deep-water currents move ________ volumes of water and are much ________ than surface currents.
larger; slower
Warm currents flowing ________ on the ________ sides of continents produce warm, humid conditions
poleward; eastern
Sources of deep water in the ocean include all of the following except:
subtropical convergences
In the southern hemisphere, the direction of Ekman transport is always:
to the left of the wind direction
Equatorial currents are driven by the
trade winds
About what percent of the wind's energy is transferred to the ocean surface?
Two
Which of the following is true of surface water circulation near Antarctica?
Two circumpolar currents dominate it, one current that moves water to the east and one current that moves water to the west.
The Agulhas Current is an example of which of the following types of currents?
Western Boundary Current
The Gulf Stream is an example of which of the following types of currents?
Western Boundary Current
Which subtropical boundary current is faster, narrower and deeper than its counterparts?
Western Boundary Current
Western intensification causes:
a large volume of water to flow within western boundary currents.
Measuring average flow rates of ocean surface currents is simple BECAUSE they flow in the same direction and at the same rate for long periods of time.
Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect
Based on the graph, which of the following has the lowest density?
North Atlantic Central Surface Water (NACSW)
The North Atlantic Current is an example of which of the following types of currents?
Northern Boundary Current
Which of the following statements is true of surface ocean currents?
Surface currents form circular patterns in the major ocean basins called "gyres."
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: India's Northeast Monsoon provides little precipitation BECAUSE it occurs during the winter.
The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
Thermohaline circulation is driven by
density differences
Surface waters are pushed away from land and replaced by nutrient-rich bottom water through:
upwelling
