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MSCI Chapter 7 Exam 2024 | MSCI ExamUpdate 2024 Questions and Correct
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Wind blowing across the sea surface can create paired right- and left-
handed circulation cells knows as ________ cells, leading to parallel
zones of surface convergence and divergence. -ANSWER-langmuir
Meanders in the Gulf Stream current can pinch off to form warm and
cold core ________. -ANSWER-eddies
Wind driven surface water moves in a complex manner as a function
of depth. This is called the ________. -ANSWER-Ekman Spiral
Many combinations of ________and ________of seawater can
produce the same density of seawater. -ANSWER-salinity;
temperature
Water of a lower density usually lies below water of a greater density.
-ANSWER-False
In the oceans the zone where density of water changes rapidly with
depth is called a pycnocline. -ANSWER-True
Usually temperature, salinity, and pressure distributions cause ocean
water density to increase with depth. -ANSWER-True
The pycnocline of the oceans is usually found at depths exceeding
2000m. -ANSWER-False
, In an area where surface currents converge, the water upwells. -
ANSWER-False
The properties of seawater at depth are determined by surface
conditions in the area where the water sinks. -ANSWER-True
Antarctic bottom water has a very narrow range of both salinity and
temperature; this water is nearly homogeneous. -ANSWER-True
A water mass at depth in the ocean has temperatures and salinities
which are usually determined by the conditions that were present
when the water mass was last at the sea surface. -ANSWER-True
Chemical tracers with short half lives are very useful for dating the age
of old seawater that circulates slowly. -ANSWER-False
The density of Arctic Ocean water is controlled more by salinity than
by temperature -ANSWER-True
Increasing salinity increases density. -ANSWER-True
Increasing temperature also increases density. -ANSWER-False
The pycnocline is an area where temperature changes rapidly with
depth. -ANSWER-False
Isothermal water is stable and does not overturn. -ANSWER-True
Density of Mediterranean Intermediate Water is influenced more by
salinity than temperature. -ANSWER-True
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