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Part of the balancing within a geostopic gyre includes the pressure gradient. - Answer-True Eastern and Western boundary currents are linked by transverse currents - Answer-True Surface water upwelling and downwelling occurring down to 20 meters is called wind-induced vertical circulation - A...

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Review Questions with Correct Answers
Part of the balancing within a geostopic gyre includes the pressure gradient. - Answer-
True

Eastern and Western boundary currents are linked by transverse currents - Answer-
True

Surface water upwelling and downwelling occurring down to 20 meters is called wind-
induced vertical circulation - Answer-False

The movement of water due to the Ekman spiral causes intense whirlpools to form
suddenly - Answer-False

One sverdrup (sv) equals 1 million m³/second - Answer-True

The most dense water in ocean currents is the - Answer-Coldest and saltiest

El Nino results due to an interruption of flow of the ___________ current (s) in the
Pacific - Answer-Humboldt and Equatorial

During an El Nino event - Answer-A strong equatorial counter current develops in the
Pacific.

Which of these is generally not an El Nino effect - Answer-A decline in the exotic
species of dish and other forms of marine life at Australia.

Upwelling water is usually - Answer-Cold and nutrient-laden

All of the following are circuits in the world's oceans, except, the - Answer-Arctic Ocean
gyre

ENSO stands for - Answer-El Nino/ Southern Oscillation

La Nina is a - Answer-Cooling of the ocean water after El Nino

As wind moves over the surface of the ocean, the water's direction is - Answer-90 ⁰
degrees to the right

Water moving in the opposite direction from the surface current is called - Answer-
Friction depth

, A system of four currents completing a flow circuit around the periphery of an ocean
basin is collectively called: - Answer-a gyre

The ULTIMATE source of most of the energy for ocean currents is: - Answer-the sun

The Earth's rotation influences currents by an acceleration known as: - Answer-Coriolis
effect

The only ocean current that continues in an uninterrupted circle around the
circumference of the Earth without encountering land is the: - Answer-West Wind Drift

Generally the fastest and deepest ocean currents are: - Answer-Western Boundary
currents

Britain's weather is _______ than would be expected at that latitude because of the
influence of surface currents - Answer-Warmer and wetter

San Francisco's characteristic cold and foggy weather is caused by a: - Answer-Cold
eastern boundary current

Benjamin Franklin was the first person to recognize the extent of the _______ and to
publish a navigational chart of it. - Answer-Gulf stream

Wave frequency is the number of waves that pass a fixed point per second. - Answer-
True

A disturbing force maintains a forced wave. - Answer-True

Transitional waves travel through water deeper than 1/20 their original wavelength but
shallower than half their original wavelength - Answer-True

The process of wave separation produces swell - Answer-True

Wave trains are sometimes called sets while at the beach - Answer-True

The wave steepness ratio is 1:7 - Answer-True

Most advanced surfers agree that spilling waves give the best ride. - Answer-False

Storm surge's wavelength is usually less than 10 meters during a tropical cyclone. -
Answer-False

Concerned over the damage to Galveston by a tidal wave in 1900, Congress past
legislation to establish the first Tsunami Warning System in the United States. - Answer-
False

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