Oceans - Chapter 7

Salt water makes up what percentage of Earth's water?

• 3%

• 70%

• 97%

• 3.5%

The salt in the ocean comes from...

• minerals in the ocean floor

• gases released by volcanoes

• minerals carried by rivers from the land

• all of the above

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Thermohaline currents are....

• surface currents

• prevailing westerlies

• gyres

• deep ocean currents

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Multiple surface currents that go in a pattern are called a

• surface current

• wind pattern

• gyre

• deep ocean current

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The Gulf Stream is a .....

• surface current

• wind belt

• gyre

• deep ocean current

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Ocean currents and gyres curve because of....

• the Coriolis effect

• evaporation

• sunlight

• salinity in the water

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Northern hemisphere currents and the gyres they produce curve....

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

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Oceans hold onto the sun's heat because of....

• low specific heat

• high specific heat

• salinity

• density

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Surface currents are caused by

• salinity

• temperature

• the Coriolis effect

• wind

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Thermohaline currents are caused by....

• salinity

• temperature

• differences in temperature and salinity

• wind

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