Deep ocean circulation Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is the Gulf Stream? - Answer What is the thermocline? - Answer The area where there is a rapid temperature decrease with a depth of a few hundred meters below the surface How does oceanic temperature vary with depth? - Answer Warmest temperature found near surface (absorbs solar radiation) Then thermocline (temperature decreases rapidly) Deep ocean waters are only a few degrees above freezing What is upwelling? How does it affect oceanic temperature? - Answer Vertical transport ...

Chapter 03 - Life in Water Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which of the following vertical aquatic zones is correctly ordered? A. bathypelagic, mesopelagic, epipelagic, abyssal, hadal B. epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssal, hadal C. abyssal, bathypelagic, hadal, mesopelagic, epipelagic D. epipelagic, bathypelagic, mesopelagic, hadal, abyssal E. mesopelagic, abyssal, epipelagic, hadal, bathypelagic Bloom's Level: 2. Understand Learning Outcome: 03.02.01 List the major aquatic envir...

Marine Biology, 11e (Castro) Chapter 1 The Science of Marine Biology 1) The Challenger expedition made collections of marine organisms: A) Around the world. B) In the Pacific Ocean only. C) In the Atlantic Ocean only. D) In the Mediterranean Sea only. E) In the North Sea only. Answer: A Section: 01.01 The Science of Marine Biology Topic: The History of Marine Biology Bloom's: 01. Remember 2) The first marine laboratory in the world was established in: A) Russia. B) England. C) France....

WX 201 Unit 3 Test Questions with Verified Answers A condition where the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean turns cooler than normal is called La Niña. A dryline is both a dew point front and a boundary marking a strong horizontal change in atmospheric moisture. A geostrophic wind is a wind that results from a balance between the ____ force and the ____ force. Coriolis; pressure gradient A pilot enters the weather service office and wants to know what time of the day s...

What happens to solar radiation as it tries to reach the surface of or planet? - Atmosphere is largely transparent to incoming solar radiation; Most visible radiation reaches the surface; About 50% absorbed at Earth's surface; Absorption: energy is converted to heat; Reflection: energy bounces off a surface (albedo: percentage of light reflected); Scattering: dust and gas molecules scatter energy in all directions What is albedo? How can albedo change? - Percentage of diffusely reflected sun...

APES Unit 5: Climate and Land Use Layers of the Atmosphere - correct answer troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere. A further region at about 500 km above the Earth's surface is called the exosphere Troposphere - correct answer Closest layer to Earth Densest layer Weather occurs Stratosphere - correct answer Ozone layer: pale blue gas composed of molecules made up of three oxygen atoms (O3) Absorbs UV-B and UV-C radiation Climate varies in different parts of the Ear...

In what location does El Niño occur? -Tropical Pacific Ocean -Northern Atlantic Ocean -Northern Pacific Ocean -Tropical Atlantic Ocean - ANSWER-Tropical Pacific Ocean (Image on Quiz Water 121-124) At what locations is water sinking? I. 1 II. 2 III. 4 -II only -III only -I only -I, II, and III - ANSWER-II only Which of the following is true about El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)? I. It suppresses upwelling off the coast of South America. II. It contributes to global clima...

What is the water cycle? - The cycle operates in a variety of spacial scales where physical processes control the circulation of water between stores on land, oceans, the cryosphere and the atmosphere. It works as a closed system with inputs (rainwater), outputs, stores and gravitational potential energy. It begins with evaporation where water vapour from the ocean is lifted and condensed in the atmosphere to form clouds. Moisture is then transported around the globe and returns to the sur...

APES Module 11 E.N.S.O - correct answer El Nino Southern Oscillation What are ocean currents driven by? - correct answer combination of: 1) temperature 2) gravity 3) prevailing winds 4) the Coriolis effect 5) the locations of continents. Warm water, like warm air _____ and _____ - correct answer expands; rises Gyre - correct answer A large-scale pattern of water circulation that moves clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Upwellin...

stakeholder any individual or group with an interest in the decisions and activities of an organization 5 stakeholder categories 1) investors and risk assessors 2) consumers and community 3) business partners and competitors 4) generators and opinion leaders 5) rule makers and watchdogs sustainable development meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs Brundtland Commission moniker for the 1987 Worl...