Quiz on Ocean Currents, Waves, and Tides

What primarily drives surface ocean currents?

• Temperature

• Salinity

• Wind

• Gravity

What effect does Earth's rotation have on ocean currents?

• It makes them disappear

• It causes them to move faster

• It causes them to bend

• It has no effect

What is the term for the large movement of water in one general direction?

• Gyre

• Wave

• Tide

• Current

Which of the following is a major factor influencing wind patterns?

• Ocean salinity

• Water density

• Earth's rotation

• Tidal forces

What is the Coriolis Effect?

• The effect of gravity on ocean currents

• The rise and fall of tides

• The bending of moving objects due to Earth's rotation

• The formation of waves

What are gyres?

• Small waves

• Circular ocean currents

• Types of tides

• Deep ocean trenches

What causes rip currents?

• Wind patterns

• Tidal changes

• Earth's rotation

• Wave breaking variations

What is the primary force creating tides?

• The Sun's gravitational pull

• The Moon's gravitational pull

• Wind patterns

• Ocean currents

What phenomenon occurs when the Sun and Moon align?

• Spring tides

• Flood tides

• Ebb tides

• Neap tides

What is the global conveyor belt?

• A surface current

• A deep ocean current system

• A type of wave

• A tidal phenomenon