EARTH SCIENCE EXAM 1 QUESTION WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWER 2025/2026
Climate - Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
elevation - height above sea level
latitude - Distance north or south of the equator
windward - being in or facing the direction from which the wind is blowing
leeward - In the direction away from the wind
rain shadow - a region with dry conditions found on the leeward side of a
mountain range as a result of humid winds from the ocean causing
precipitation on the windward side
el nino - (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator
from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
walker circulation - An atmospheric circulation of air at the equatorial Pacific
Ocean, responsible for creating ocean upwelling off the coasts of Peru and
Ecuador. This brings nutrient-rich cold water to the surface, increasing fishing
stocks.
pynocline - Middle zone of ocean in which density increases rapidly with depth.
(temp falls, salinity rises here)
, thermocline - a layer in a large body of water, such as a lake, that sharply
separates regions differing in temperature, so that the temperature gradient
across the layer is abrupt.
seamount - an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor
abyssal plain - a large, flat, almost level area of the deep-ocean basin
abyssal hills - a series of small rolling hills on the ocean floor that occur next to
continental margins and oceanic ridges
continental shelf - A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that
extends outward from the edge of a continent
continental slope - a steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the
edge of the continental shelf
Which of the following water masses would be found at the greatest depth in
the ocean? - Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW).
The average salinity of seawater is - 35%
Compared to rivers, deep ocean circulation is best described as -
Deep ocean circulation is driven by - density
. If you compare the Antarctic Circumpolar Water in the Pacific and Atlantic
Oceans, what will you discover? -
ANSWER 2025/2026
Climate - Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
elevation - height above sea level
latitude - Distance north or south of the equator
windward - being in or facing the direction from which the wind is blowing
leeward - In the direction away from the wind
rain shadow - a region with dry conditions found on the leeward side of a
mountain range as a result of humid winds from the ocean causing
precipitation on the windward side
el nino - (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator
from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
walker circulation - An atmospheric circulation of air at the equatorial Pacific
Ocean, responsible for creating ocean upwelling off the coasts of Peru and
Ecuador. This brings nutrient-rich cold water to the surface, increasing fishing
stocks.
pynocline - Middle zone of ocean in which density increases rapidly with depth.
(temp falls, salinity rises here)
, thermocline - a layer in a large body of water, such as a lake, that sharply
separates regions differing in temperature, so that the temperature gradient
across the layer is abrupt.
seamount - an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor
abyssal plain - a large, flat, almost level area of the deep-ocean basin
abyssal hills - a series of small rolling hills on the ocean floor that occur next to
continental margins and oceanic ridges
continental shelf - A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that
extends outward from the edge of a continent
continental slope - a steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the
edge of the continental shelf
Which of the following water masses would be found at the greatest depth in
the ocean? - Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW).
The average salinity of seawater is - 35%
Compared to rivers, deep ocean circulation is best described as -
Deep ocean circulation is driven by - density
. If you compare the Antarctic Circumpolar Water in the Pacific and Atlantic
Oceans, what will you discover? -
