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1 The Ekman spiral is driven by:
- Awind
- Bdensity differences in the water column.
- Cthe Coriolis effect
- Dthe pycnocline.
- Egravity.
2Equatorial currents are driven by the:
- Atrade winds.
- Bdensity.
- CEkman transport.
- DCoriolis force.
- Ewesterlies
3Westward intensification causes:
- Athe center of the gyre to be shift to the west.
- Ba steeper slope of surface water in the western section of the gyre as compare to the eastern section of the gyre.
- Cvery swift western boundary currents.
- DAll of the above statements are the result of westward intensification.
- Eequatorial countercurrents.
4The unit of measurement used to describe the rate at which a volume of ocean water moves in a current is a(n):
- Aft/s2.
- Bkm/h.
- Ccalorie.
- Dsverdrup.
- Eml/g.
5Surface waters are pushed away from land and replaced by nutrient-rich bottom water through:
- Asea breezes.
- Bdownwelling.
- Cconvergence
- Dupwelling
- Eland breezes
6Surface ocean circulation is driven primarily by _______ and modified by ________.
- Awind; the Coriolis effect and land
- Bwind; gravity and density
- Cdensity differences; the Coriolis effect and land
- Dlatitude; differences in salinity and land
- Edensity differences; differences in salinity and temperature
7The El Niño Southern Oscillation can best be described as:
- Atidal differences between coastal Peru and Darwin, Australia.
- Bthe relationship between sea surface temperature and high altitude pressure.
- Cwind speed and wind direction differences along the equator.
- Dvariation in wind speed over the Pacific Ocean.
- Erelative changes between two different atmospheric pressure systems.
8Geostrophic circulation is within a gyre driven by:
- Awind..
- Bgravity
- Cdensity
- Dthe Coriolis effect.
- Etemperature
9Thermohaline circulation is driven by:
- Adensity
- Bgravity
- Clatitude.
- Dtemperature
- Ewind
10In the northern hemisphere, the direction of Ekman transport is:
- Ato the left of the wind direction.
- Bperpendicular to the wind direction.
- Cto the right of the wind direction.
- Dto the east of the wind direction.
- Eat a 45º angle from the wind direction.
11Which type of flow works in opposition to Ekman transport in a gyre?
- Adensity-driven circulation.
- Bgeostrophic circulation.
- CLangmuir circulation.
- Dthermohaline circulation
- Ecounter-current circulation.
12The arrangement of water masses in the southern Atlantic Ocean from the surface to the bottom is:
- ANorth Atlantic Deep Water, Antarctic Bottom Water, Antarctic Intermediate Water.
- BNorth Atlantic Deep Water, Antarctic Intermediate Water, Antarctic Bottom Water.
- CAntarctic Intermediate Water, North Atlantic Deep Water, Antarctic Bottom Water.
- DAntarctic Intermediate Water, Antarctic Bottom Water, North Atlantic Deep Water.
- EAntarctic Bottom Water, Antarctic Intermediate Water, North Atlantic Deep Water.
13When a meander from the Gulf Stream pinches off and isolates a body of water within the center of the North Atlantic gyre, the body of water is called a:
- ALangmuir cell.
- Bgeostrophic circulation.
- Ccold core ring.
- Dcyclonic circulation.
- Ewarm core ring.
14Compared to Antarctic Bottom Water, North Atlantic Deep Water is:
- Ahigher in nutrients.
- Bdenser.
- Chigher in salinity.
- Dlower in oxygen.
- Ecolder.
15Deep ocean water generally has high amounts of:
- Asuspended solids.
- Bdissolved organic matter.
- Cnutrients only.
- Doxygen only.
- Enutrients and oxygen.
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