Earth's Water Final Review

What weather system might be occurring if Australia is experiencing droughts and parts of South America are flooded?

• El Nino

• The Gulf Stream

• Upwelling

• La Nina

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A wave with a height of 10 feet and a wavelength of 20 feet has a wave base of ____.

• 10 feet

• 5 feet

• 20 feet

• 40 feet

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The wind stirs up ______ currents.

• surface

• deep

• tidal

• thermal

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______ currents flow from the equator to the Poles.

• Warm-water

• Cold-water

• Deep-sea

• Surface

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Fill in the blank: ______ currents are caused by temperature and density differences.

• Deep

• Surface

• Tidal

• Wind-driven

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Once a current is set in motion, which of the following could change its course?

• Coriolis effect

• fetch

• water density

• water salinity

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What causes the Coriolis effect?

• Earth's rotation around its axis.

• Earth's orbit around the sun.

• Uneven solar heating of Earth

• Wind currents

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Which of these ocean zones has the most sunlight?

• Mesopelagic

• Bathypelagic

• Abyssopelagic

• Hadalpelagic

Put the layers of ocean in order from the top layer to the bottom.

• 1. Epipelagic Zone 2. Mesopelagic Zone 3. Bathypelagic Zone 4. Abyssopelagic Zone

• 1. Mesopelagic Zone 2. Epipelagic Zone 3. Bathypelagic Zone 4. Abyssopelagic Zone

• 1. Bathypelagic Zone 2. Abyssopelagic Zone 3. Epipelagic Zone 4. Mesopelagic Zone

• 1. Abyssopelagic Zone 2. Bathypelagic Zone 3. Mesopelagic Zone 4. Epipelagic Zone

Which ocean zone is more habitable?

• Epipelagic

• Bathypelagic

• Abyssopelagic

• Hadalpelagic

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