B - Currents, Winds, Storms TEST

Thermohaline Circulation

Curved Path Theory

The Coriolis Effect

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Thermohaline circulation

Earth's rotation

Left

They do not curve

Right

Unequal heating of the Earth

Friction

Humidity differences

Winds move the ocean currents

Winds deliver nutrients to the surface waters from the deep

Winds create waves on the ocean and other water bodies

The equator

The poles

Trade winds

Westerlies

Polar Easterlies

Tsunami

Storm Surge

Flood

Downwelling

Upwelling

Side A

Side B

False

True

Temperature variations

Water density variations due to salinity

All of the above

Placement of the continents

Coriolis Effect

Direction of the winds

All of the above

As warm, dense water sinks, deep currents flow with other warm ocean water.

As cold, dense water sinks, deep currents flow beneath warm ocean water.

As warm, dense water sinks, deep currents flow beneath cold ocean water.

Upwelling brings warm, nutrient-rich water up to keep the food chains well supplied with much needed nutrients

Upwelling spreads surface pollution to different ocean layers

Upwelling brings cold, nutrient-rich water up to keep the food chains well supplied with much needed nutrients

Downwelling of warm water brings much needed oxygen down to the lower layers of the ocean

Downwelling increases the number of storms and hurricanes

Downwelling spreads surface pollution to different ocean layers

None of the above are false

Eastern

Western

W. Australia

Brazil

South Indian

Downwelling in the Northern Hemisphere

Downwelling in the Southern Hemisphere

Upwelling in the Northern Hemisphere

Surface ocean water diverges

Winds moving the water toward the land/ coastline

Winds moving the water away from the land/ coastline

Prevents the movement of the magnetic fields at the pole

Prevents overheating of the equatorial water and over freezing of the polar water

Moves water around so it is not stagnant

The cold water has more oxygen as it rise to the surface it increases the amount of oxygen available closer to the ocean surface.

The cold water has more nutrients as it rises to the surface it increases the amount of nutrients available closer to the ocean surface.

The warm water has more nutrients and as it sinks at the pole it increases the nutrients available at the bottom of the ocean

The global conveyor belt will keep moving as it is not affected by the temperature of the oceans

The area covered by the global conveyor belt will decrease

The global conveyor belt will slow down and eventually stop.