Atmosphere and Hydrosphere

The phenomenon that deflects wind in a direction consistent with the Earth’s rotation is known as:

• Coriolis Effect

• Windward/ Leeward principle

• Spirality

• Surface Albedo

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If a section of ocean water is saltier and colder than the warmer water around it, what will happen to that saltier, colder water?

• It will rise above the rest and float due to less density

• It will stay in the spot where it is

• It will sink due to higher density

• It will float due to the salt's buoyancy

The process pictured is called a:

• Surface Albedo

• Surface Current

• Coriolis Effect

• Thermohaline Current

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The majority of the hydrosphere is comprised of water in which state of matter?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

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After the ocean, where is the next highest source of Earth’s water molecules?

• Ground water

• Water Vapor in clouds

• Rivers and Lakes

• Ice caps and glaciers

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Surface currents in the ocean are caused by:

• Gravity

• Wind

• Tsunamis

• Sea Life

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Body of air surrounding our planet. 

• Hydrosphere 

• Biosphere 

• Atmosphere 

• Geosphere 

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When carbon dioxide dissolves from the air into the ocean- the interaction is between...

• The atmosphere and geosphere 

• The atmosphere and hydrosphere 

• The atmosphere and biosphere 

• The atmosphere and atmosphere 

Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the...

• Atmosphere to the geosphere 

• Geosphere to the hydrosphere 

• Hydrosphere to the atmosphere 

• Atmosphere to the hydrosphere 

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When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres? 

• Geosphere 

• Hydrosphere 

• Atmosphere 

• Biosphere