Unit 7: Ocean Shores Review

The circular flow in each ocean basin is called a gyre.

• True

• False

There are five gyres found across each of the major ocean basins.

• True

• False

Lithogenous sediment comes from land/rock matter.

• True

• False

Biogenous sediment comes from space matter.

• True

• False

Hydrogenous sediment comes from space matter.

• True

• False

The definition of a gyre is a deep ocean current that starts at the Earth's poles.

• True

• False

Cool/cold water flows away from the poles.

• True

• False

Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect clockwise due to the Coriolis Effect.

• True

• False

Deep Ocean currents are a result of density.

• True

• False

El Nino is when warm currents from the Atlantic Ocean cause wet winters in the southern United States.

• True

• False