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Which statement best explains the relationship between an area's geography and the temperature of its surface water?
Areas at low latitudes have the warmest water because they have the least change in temperature throughout the year.
Areas at high latitudes have the warmest water because they have the longest seasons.
Areas at low latitudes have the warmest water because they receive the most direct sunlight.
Areas at high latitudes have the warmest water because their days are the longest.
Where would you find the lowest density seawater
surface zone
transition zone
abyssal zone
The Gulf Stream affects the climate of
Great Britain
North Caroliina
South Carolina
All of these
Which the following is most responsible for the tides on Earth?
gravity
winds
temperature differences in seawater
plate tectonics
Scientists used ______ to determine the oceans depth.
Submarines
Sonar
Helicopters
Radiowaves
Free-floating microscopic photosynthetic plants.
phytoplankton
kelp
crustaceans
zooplankton
Mid-ocean ridges (underwater mountain ranges) occur at __________ boundaries.
transform
transform
divergent
convergent
The most valuable resource found in the ocean is
salt
fish
petroleum
trace elements
Trenches occur at _____________ boundaries.
subduction
transform
divergent
convergent
Seawater has a salinity of about 3.5% (35 g). According to the graph, what temperature will seawater freeze?
0oC
-2oC
15oC
-20oC
The sinking of a converging tectonic plate into the mantle.
subduction
transsform
divergent
convergent
Name ocean feature
seamount
trench
guyot
continental slope
Identify F
seamount
trench
guyot
continental shelf
Identify D
rift valley
trench
mid-ocean ridge
continental slope
Identify A
continental slope
trench
mid-ocean ridge
continental shelf
Identify B
continental slope
guyot
seamount
continental shelf
Identify C
continental shelf
trench
seamount
abyssal plain
Identify E
continental shelf
island
seamount
guyot
Gyres are
air currents
deep currents
surface currents
ionosphere
This is a diagram of
air currents
deep currents
surface currents
ionosphere
This is a diagram of
air currents
deep currents
surface currents
upwelling
Which best describes El Niño?
The water in the Pacific Ocean gets warmer than normal and causes fewer hurricanes to form.
The water in the Pacific Ocean gets colder than normal and causes more hurricanes to form.
The water in the Pacific Ocean gets colder than normal, and the flow of the jet stream is disrupted.
The water in the Pacific Ocean gets warmer than normal, and the flow of the jet stream is disrupted.
Wha type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
full moon tide
new moon tide
neap tide
spring tide
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