How Well Do You Know About Wind And Ocean Currents? Trivia Quiz
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- 1.How do deep ocean currents form?
- A.
As warm, dense water sinks and flows beneath cold ocean water.
- B.
As cold, dense water sinks and flows beneath warm ocean water.
- C.
As warm, dense water sinks and flows with other warm ocean water.
- 2.What is the movement of polar water a result of?
- A.
Differences in density.
- B.
Differences in temperature.
- C.
Differences in salinity.
- 3.Which of these is a factor of surface currents?
- A.
Deep ocean currents.
- B.
Air pollution.
- C.
Earth's rotation.
- 4.What is the apparent curving of the path of oceans and winds due to Earth's rotation?
- A.
A gyre.
- B.
The Coriolis effect.
- 5.Wind does not affect surface currents.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.The winds at the poles and the equator are due to?
- A.
Coriolis Effect
- B.
Temperature
- C.
Precipitation
- D.
All of the above
- 7.A land breeze is a result of
- A.
Low pressure going from land to sea
- B.
Low pressure going from sea to land
- C.
High pressure going from sea to land
- D.
High pressure going from land to sea
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