Ocean 101 pt 3 final Exam Questions With Correct Answers A+
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Ocean 101
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Ocean 101
Ocean 101 pt 3 final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers A+
The salinity curve for high latitudes shows ________ salinity at the surface and ________
salinity at depth. Whereas, the salinity curve for low latitudes shows ________ salinity at the
surface and ________ salinity at depth. - Answerd...
Ocean 101 pt 3 final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers A+
The salinity curve for high latitudes shows ________ salinity at the surface and ________
salinity at depth. Whereas, the salinity curve for low latitudes shows ________ salinity at the
surface and ________ salinity at depth. - Answer✔decreased, increased, increased, decreased
Rapidly changing salinity with depth is called the _______ - Answer✔halocline
As the salinity of seawater increases, its ________ - Answer✔density increases
Which of the following processes causes sea surface salinity to increase near the Tropics of
Cancer and Capricorn? - Answer✔Evaporation
Sea surface salinity is greatest at which of the following latitudes? - Answer✔25 degrees
The salinity curve for low latitudes shows ________ salinity at the surface and ________ salinity
at depth. - Answer✔increased, decreased
Which of the following is a layer of rapidly changing temperature? - Answer✔Thermocline
Which of the following is a layer of rapidly changing density? - Answer✔Pycnocline
Which of the following has the greatest influence on seawater density? - Answer✔Temperature
Which of the following methods cannot be used to desalinate water? - Answer✔Osmosis
Which of the following best describes the Reverse Osmosis Method for desalination? -
Answer✔Water on the salty side of a semipermeable membrane is pushed under high pressure
through the membrane to the freshwater side.
The solubility of CO2 ________ as seawater gets colder and pressure ________. -
Answer✔increases; increases
The intensity of solar radiation received at lower latitudes (near the equator) compared to higher
latitudes (near the poles) is ________. - Answer✔greater
The average albedo of Earth's surface is about ________. - Answer✔30%
In the Northern Hemisphere, June 21 is known as ________. - Answer✔Summer Solstice
Which of the following parcels of air would have the lowest density? - Answer✔Warm Moist
Air
A person experiences a popping feeling in their ears during the takeoff or landing of an airplane
or while driving on steep mountain roads due to changes in the ________ of the atmosphere. -
Answer✔pressure
Which of the following will cause the highest air pressure at the surface? - Answer✔A column of
cool, dense air
Which of the following will cause the lowest air pressure at the surface? - Answer✔A column of
warm, less dense air
The lowermost portion of the atmosphere where most weather occurs is called the ________. -
Answer✔troposphere
Warm air is ________ dense, so it ________. Cool air is ________ dense; so it ________. -
Answer✔less dense, rises, more, sinks
The apparent deflection of air masses to the right or left (depending on latitude) as they move
from one latitude to another is called the ________. - Answer✔Coriolis effect
As a result of the Coriolis effect in the northern hemisphere, winds always are deflected
________. - Answer✔to the right of the original direction
Winds blowing out of the north toward the south in the southern hemisphere will appear to
________. - Answer✔be deflected toward the east
The Coriolis effect is due to changes in the ________ of Earth with latitude. - Answer✔velocity
A tropical maritime air mass is likely to be ________. - Answer✔wet and warm
Which wind belt curves to the right due to the Coriolis effect and blow from northeast to
southwest? - Answer✔northeast trade winds
Which circulation cells are between 30 and 60 degrees latitude? - Answer✔Ferrell cells
The trade winds blow in which of the following directions in the Northern Hemisphere? -
Answer✔From northeast to southwest
The trade winds blow in which of the following directions in the Southern Hemisphere? -
Answer✔From southeast to northwest
Low latitude wind belt(s) with strong, reliable, generally easterly winds is (are) the ________. -
Answer✔trade winds
The polar front occurs in which of the following regions? - Answer✔60 degrees
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