23 questions
The measure of the amount of salt dissolved in a given amount of liquid.
Sea Mount
Salinity
Saltonomous
Salty McSaltster
What causes ocean currents?
The phase of the moon.
The gravitational attraction of the sun
Commercial boating activities.
The temperature and salinity of ocean water
A stream of water moving like a river through the ocean is called ___
Wave
Tide
Current
The deeper you go in the ocean, the water gets ________
colder
warmer
The deeper you go in the ocean, the water gets ________
less salty
saltier
What makes the surface of the ocean a different temperature from the rest?
global warming
the sun
human activities
glaciers melting
In this model, what is the order of layers from most dense to least dense?
Blue, green, yellow, red
Blue, yellow, green, red
Green, Blue, yellow, red
Red, yellow, green, blue
When cold and salty water moves downward and warm and less salty water moves upward
Thermohaline circulation
Western Boundary Current
Hadley Cell
Surface current
What does Thermo and Haline mean?
Thermo = temperature and Haline = salt
Thermo = warm and Haline = cold
Thermo = salt and Haline = temperature
______ causes deep ocean currents
The Coriolis Effect
gravity
wind
density differences
What does the blue line represent in the Thermohaline circulation?
Warm salty water
Warm water
Cold water
Cold salty water
What does the red line represent?
Warm water
Warm salty water
Cold water
Cold salty water
Thermohaline circulation distributes which of the following?
heat
nutrients
carbon dioxide
all of the above
Which pictures shows the correct "Global Conveyor Belt"?
Which of the following types of water would SINK the fastest?
warm and salty
cold and salty
warm and fresh
cold and fresh