Chapter 7 Board Game
Eastern Boundary Currents carry _____ water. A) Cold B) Warm
A) cold
Geostrophic circulation is within a gyre driven by _______ ? A) Gravity B) Wind
A) gravity
what does Deep ocean water generally have high amounts of ? A) Nutrients and Oxygen B) Salinity
A) nutrients and oxygen
What is a gyre ? A) a circle figure B) Content of Salinity in the Ocean C) A circular pattern of surface water currents
C) A circular pattern of surface water currents
Which of the following is a western boundary current ? A) Arctic Current B) Western Current C) Brazil Current
C) Brazil Current
What type of Current is the Peru Current ? A) Western B Northern C) Eastern
C) Eastern
Downward motion of water that supplies deep ocean with dissolved gasses are ______ a. Upwelling b. Converging surface water c. Diverging surface water d. Downwelling
D) Downwelling
What are large circular loops of moving water? a. Currents b. Converging surface c. Diverging surface d. Gyres
D) Gyres
In the northern hemisphere, Ekman transport pushes surface water to the ______ of the wind direction. A) North B) South C) Left D) Right
D) Right
Which of the Following is not a characteristic of a Western Boundry Current ? A) Narrow B) Warm C) Cold D) Fast
C) cold
All "Deep Water" masses in ocean basins originate in the ________ Ocean. A) Pacific B) Indian C) Asian D) Atlantic
D) Atlantic
The Earth's rotation influences currents by a force known as the ___________. A) Franklin rotation B) Geostrophism C) Coriolis effect
D) Coriolanus Effect
The Ekman spiral results from friction and the Coriolis effect, while Ekman transport results from _______. A) Wind B) Density
wind.
What can Dynamic topography be used to compare A) Current Direction and Velocity. B) Water Temperatures and Salinity
A current direction and velocity.
What is the most dense ocean water ? A) Antarctic Bottom Water. B) Upwelling water
A) Antarctic Bottom Water.
What Current is Opposite of the Benguela Current A) Brazil Current B) Atlantic
A) Brazil
What Current is opposite of the Kuroshio Current (Japan) A) California Current B) African Current
A) California
What is geostrophic flow ?
A) Driven by gravity and modified by the Coriolis force
Compared to Antarctic Bottom Water, North Atlantic Deep Water is _______ in salinity. A) Higher B) Lower
A) Higher
In the southern hemisphere, the direction of Ekman transport is to the _____ of wind direction. A) Left B) Right
A) Left
The Sargasso Sea is located in the ___________ Ocean. A) North Atlantic B) Pacific C) Indian
A) North Atlantic
Downwelling may be the result of winds blowing ________to a coastline. A) Parallel B) Perpendicular
A) Parrellel
What is a downwelling ? A) Replacement water coming from the top to the bottom of the water column B) Replacement Water coming from the bottom to the top of the water column
A) Replacement water coming from the top to the bottom of the water column.
El Niño Southern Oscillation can best be described as _____________. A) The relationship between sea surface temperature and high altitude pressure. B) A drought
A) The relationship between sea surface temperature and high altitude pressure.
What is a Sverer ? A) Unit of measure to describe the rate in which ocean water movers in a current B) a type of current C) a device used to measure the depth of the ocean
A) Unit of measure to describe the rate in which ocean water movers in a current
El nino is ______. A) Warm B) Cold
A) Warm
What are surface currents driven by? A) Wind B) Deep ocean currents C) Gulf streams D) Natural disasters
A) Wind
During winter months, monsoon winds over the Indian Ocean _________. A) Flow from land to sea and are dry B) Are non existant
A) flow from land to sea and are dry.
What is an Upwelling ? A) Replacement water coming from the bottom to the top of the water column B) Replacement water coming from the top to the bottom of the water column.
A) replacement water coming from the bottom to the top of the water column
Equatorial currents are driven by _________. A) Trade Winds B) Waves
A) trade winds.
What is the largest current by volume in the oceans ? A) Western Boundary Current B) Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
B) Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
Which of the following does NOT make up the North Atlantic Gyre ? A) Gulf Stream B) California Current C) Atlantic Current
B) California Current
Deep ocean currents often move ______, dense water away from the poles. A) Warm B) Cold
B) Cold
When a meander from the Gulf Stream pinches off and isolates a body of nearshore water, the resulting body of water is called a ________. A) Gulf Stream Cirlce B) Cold Core Ring
B) Cold core ring.
Along with wind driving the Ocean circulation, what other element drives the ocean circulation ? A) Density waves B) Coriolis Effect
B) Coriolis Effect
Thermohaline circulation is driven by ________ diferences. A) Heat B) Density C) Salinity
B) Density
What is Thermohaline Circulation driven by ? A) Heat B) Density
B) Density
The El Niño weather pattern is associated with ________. A) Rain B) Drought and fires in Australia
B) Drought and fires in Australia
Deep ocean water travels across the ________. A) Shore B) Equator
B) Equator
What Current is opposite of the Canary Current ? A) Brazilian B) Gulf Stream
B) Gulf Stream
Which of the following is not an eastern boundary current? A) Canary Current B) Gulf Stream C) California Current
B) Gulf Stream
Convection cells driven by the relatively weak winds near the center of gyres are called _______. A) Antarctic Circumpolar B) Langmuir Circulation
B) Langmuir circulation
Which one of the following is not a type of Upwelling ? A) Equatoria B) Longitudinal C) Coastal Currents
B) Longtitudinal
Where is the Sargasso Sea located ? A) Hawaii B) North Atlantic Ocean
B) North Atlantic Ocean
Deep ocean currents provide ______ to the deep sea a. Carbon b. Oxygen c. Water d. Circulation
B) Oxygen
What is the Ekman transport ? A) Water currents that are used by merchants to transport goods B) Transport of water to the left or right of the wind direction
B) Transport of water to the left or right of the wind direction.
Gulf streams are ______. a. Eastern boundary current b. Western boundary current c. Southern boundary current d. Northern boundary current
B) Weastern Boundary Current
Surface ocean circulation is driven primarily by _______ . A) Currents B) Wind C) Density
B) Wind
La nina is _____. a. Warm b. Cold
B) cold
Which type of flow works in opposition to Ekman transport in a gyre? A) Dirty Flow B) Gravity-driven circulation.
B) gravity-driven circulation.
What is the unit of measurement used to describe the rate at which a volume of ocean water moves in a current ? A) Kilometers per minute B) Sverdrup
B) sverdrup.
What are Equatorial Currents driven by ? A) Dense Winds B) Trade Winds
B) trade winds
Surface waters are pushed away from land and replaced by nutrient-rich bottom water through _______. A) Downwelling B) Upwelling
B) upwelling.
Canary currents are _____. a. Mid-ocean b. Deep c. Shallow d. Can go shallow or deep
C) Shallow
What are ocean currents? a. They are driven by wind b. They are circular patterns of water circulation c. They are mass flow of ocean water d. They are driven by density
C) They are mass flow of ocean water
Which of the following is NOT a type of Upwelling ? A) Equatorial Currents B) Coital Currents C) Turbinity currents
C) Turbtity Currents
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Eastern Boundary Current ? A) Slow B) Cold C) Wide
C) Wide
The location where water flows uninterrupted between the Pacific, the Atlantic, and the Indian Oceans is the _____ ocean. A) Northern B) Southern
Southern
True or False Deep ocean currents are 90% of all ocean water
True
True or False Deep currents move in both vertical and horizontal motions
True
Is Gulf Stream a Eastern or Western Boundary Current ?
Western
