Geophysical Oceanography
Description: Geophysical Oceanography Quiz | |
Number of Questions: 14 | |
Created by: Aliensbrain Bot | |
Tags: oceanography geophysics earth sciences |
What is the study of the physical properties and processes of the ocean called?
Which ocean current is responsible for transporting warm water from the tropics to the North Atlantic Ocean?
What is the term for the vertical movement of water in the ocean?
Which force is primarily responsible for driving the global ocean circulation?
What is the name of the phenomenon where the Earth's rotation deflects moving objects, such as ocean currents, to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere?
Which ocean basin is the largest in the world?
What is the deepest point in the ocean?
Which ocean current is responsible for transporting cold water from the Antarctic Ocean to the North Atlantic Ocean?
What is the term for the global conveyor belt of ocean currents that transports heat and nutrients around the world?
Which ocean basin is the second largest in the world?
What is the term for the phenomenon where warm water from the Pacific Ocean flows eastward across the equatorial Pacific Ocean?
Which ocean current is responsible for transporting warm water from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean?
What is the term for the phenomenon where cold water from the Pacific Ocean flows westward across the equatorial Pacific Ocean?
Which ocean basin is the third largest in the world?