Marine Biology Final

Both El Nino and La Nina have this in common

• Influence birds that migrate over the ocean

• Influence rainy / dry weather world wide

• The weather at the polar regions

• The directions that ships travel in the oceans

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The picture below is of a(n) ____ event.

• Non-El Nino (Normal)

• El Nino

• La Nina

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Does this image show normal or El Nino conditions?

• normal

• El Nino

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What is the highest part of a wave?

• trough

• Gyres

• Crest

• Storm Surge

• Surface currents

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What is the lowest part of a wave?

• Wavelength

• Deep currents

• Coriolis Effect

• Downwelling

• Trough

The density of water increases when (2 answers)

• temperature decreases

• temperature stays mild

• Salinity decreases

• Salinity increases

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Compared with surface currents, deep currents are...

• colder and less dense

• warmer and less dense

• Warmer and denser

• colder and much more dense

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What is a high tide?

• Sea pulled TOWARD the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

• Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is FARTHEST to the moon

• Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

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Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

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Tides are caused by

• strong winds that blow over ocean waters.
• the interaction of Earth, the moon and the sun.
• the shifting of the plates on the ocean floor.
• variations in the salinity of ocean water

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