Pearson Ch. 7 Sec. 6 Ocean Currents!

The _______________ is/are the shifting of winds and surface currents from their expected paths that is caused by Earth's rotation.

• surface currents

• Coriolis effect

• polar wind

• none of these

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Changes in temperature and salinity work together to create __________.

• density currents

• upwelling

• gravity

• the gulf stream

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A vertical circulation in the ocean that brings deep, cold water to the ocean surface.

• wave length

• surface currents

• density

• upwelling

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Surface currents move __________.

• vertical

• horizontal

• diagonal

• 90 degree angle

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In the Northern Hemisphere, surface currents tend to move _____________.

• counter clockwise

• clockwise

• straight

• at a 90 degree angle

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Density currents slowly circulate deep ocean water.

• True

• False

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Surface currents _________ affect density currents.

• do

• do not

• sometimes

• always

Salt can be removed from ocean water by a process called ____________.

• removification
• salinity
• desalination
• steady state

Ocean water contains many dissolved salts.  These salts arrive due to rocks that are dissolved slowly by _______________.

• carbon dioxide
• chemicals
• rivers and ground water
• water vapor

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Today around 81 percent of the Earth is covered by ocean water.

• True
• False

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