Unit 10 | Student Practice Quizzes | Physical Geography: The Global Environment, Second Edition

Question 1:

Oceanic circulation can be produced by a variation in all of the following except ________.
a) density
b) salinity
c) sea level
d) relative size of water molecules
e) frictional drag

Question 2:

Thermohaline circulation characterizes ________.
a) polar currents
b) deep-sea currents
c) surface currents
d) currents only in the Northern Hemisphere
e) currents only in the Southern Hemisphere

Question 3:

What is the term for the rising of deep, cold ocean water that is diverted by the Coriolis force near coastlines?
a) upwelling
b) subduction
c) monsoon
d) reverse drift
e) upduction

Question 4:

The oceans transport approximately how much heat from the low and higher latitudes?
a) 13 per cent
b) under 1 per cent
c) 97 per cent
d) 52 per cent
e) 25 per cent

Question 5:

The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) occurs when ________.
a) equatorial winds and water flow reverse
b) subtropical winds reverse
c) drought occurs
d) equatorial winds cease
e) equatorial currents cease

Question 6:

The latent heat of seawater is released in the process of ________.
a) upwelling
b) condensation
c) evaporation
d) El Niño
e) sublimation

Question 7:

Most of the oceanic heat transfer happens in the upper ________.
a) 10 m
b) 100m
c) 50 m
d) 45 m
e) 1000m

Question 8:

On average, oceanic currents called drifts move at ________.
a) 4 km/h
b) 5 km/h
c) 6 km/h
d) 7 km/h
e) 8 km/h

Question 9:

The Equatorial Counter-Current moves in what direction?
a) Northeastern
b) Southeastern
c) Westward
d) Eastward
e) Southern

Question 10:

Which ocean does the Gulf Stream originate from?
a) Pacific
b) Indian
c) Atlantic
d) Southern
e) Caribbean

Question 11:

The Northern Hemisphere has a different pattern of ocean gyres than the Southern Hemisphere because of ________.
a) continental landmass configuration
b) oceanic temperature
c) oceanic salinity differences
d) landmass temperatures
e) oceanic nutrients

Question 12:

Major upwellings zones are most commonly found along the ________.
a) east coast of continents
b) west coast of continents
c) north coast of continents
d) south coast of continents

Question 13:

Which of the following is not a part of the subtropical gyre?
a) North Equatorial Current
b) Gulf Stream
c) North Atlantic Drift
d) Canaries current
e) North Pacific Current

Question 14:

Which is not a global ocean current oscillation?
a) El Niño-Southern Oscillation
b) Atlantic Ocean Oscillation
c) Pacific Decadal Oscillation
d) Arctic Oscillation
e) Madden-Julian Oscillation
f) All are ocean current oscillations.

Question 15:

The Arctic Oscillation has two phases: ________.
a) Positive and negative
b) Ascend and descend
c) Deep and shallow
d) Ebb and flow
e) High and low

Question 16:

There is at least one subtropical gyre in each hemisphere.
a) True
b) False

Question 17:

The Atlantic Ocean really consists of two ocean basins.
a) True
b) False

Question 18:

Eddies occur when a current develops meanders that detach.
a) True
b) False

Question 19:

Upwelling has no effect upon El Niño.
a) True
b) False

Question 20:

Tropical gyres are reinforced by the Northeast and Southeast Trade Winds.
a) True
b) False

Question 21:

Most of the poleward movement of heat is done by the atmosphere.
a) True
b) False

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Physical Geography: The Global Environment, Second Edition - Unit 10