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