Ocean Waves Tides and Currents

Which of the following is responsible for the Earth's tides?

• The circulation of water in bays and estuaries
• The thermohaline circulation of water
• The wind speed and fetch of eater
• The gravitational pull of the sun and moon

Which ocean current is found in the Atlantic Ocean?

• California

• Kuroship

• Gulf Stream

• Peru

Surface ocean currents are generated mostly by

• the Coriolis effect
• water density
• tides
• wind

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The Gulf Stream current makes the waters of the North Atlantic

• cooler
• warmer
• more dense
• less nutrient rich

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How many high tides occur each day?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth revolving around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• Rising and falling tides
• Pull of gravity

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Deep ocean currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns
• Earth's Rotation
• Density
• All of the above

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What is the periodic rise and fall of the water level in the oceans?

• Tide
• Tidal range
• Spring Tide
• Neap Tide

What does an ocean’s salinity refer to?

• the depth of the ocean trenches.

• the height of the waves.

• the temperature level of the water.

• the level of dissolved salts in the water.

Currents that are far beneath the surface

• deep ocean currents
• surface currents
• current
• global winds

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