Unit 8 Test

Question 1

Source of energy that causes wind to form

Answer 1

Sun

Question 2

Cold water is

Answer 2

More dense

Question 3

Hot water is

Answer 3

Less dense

Question 4

How does upwelling effect the food web

Answer 4

Plankton eats the nutrients brought up from upwelling then the plankton provides the nutrients to other organisms

Question 5

Factors that effect deep ocean currents

Answer 5

Temp and salinity

Question 6

Hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere

Answer 6

Hydrosphere: earths water systems; atmosphere: earths air; biosphere: all living systems

Question 7

Factors that influence ocean currents(3)

Answer 7

1. weather
2. rotation
3. continents

Question 8

What is Thor Heyerdahl famous for

Answer 8

Sailed from Peru to Polynesian islands on a wooden raft to prove his theory that ocean currents carried ancient Peruvians across the pacific

Question 9

What was Thor Heyerdahl’s rafts name

Answer 9

Kon-Tiki

Question 10

Largest surface current

Answer 10

Gulf Stream; it moves more then 25x more water then all of the rivers in the world

Question 11

What 3 factors affect surface currents

Answer 11

1. global winds
2. Coriolis effect
3. Continental deflections

Question 12

Global wind directions near the equator

Answer 12

East to west

Question 13

Global wind directions near poles

Answer 13

West to east

Question 14

What way do ocean currents in the northern hemisphere move

Answer 14

Clockwise

Question 15

What way do ocean currents in the Southern Hemisphere move

Answer 15

Counter clockwise

Question 16

Are all ocean currents connected

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

Deep currents are affected by

Answer 17

Density salinity

Question 18

Do ocean currents follow a regular pattern

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

Where is a sea breeze and a land breeze coming from

Answer 19

Sea:sea
Land:land

Question 20

What type of pressure do warm and cold air have

Answer 20

Warm air:low

Cold air:high

Question 21

Differences in air pressure are caused by

Answer 21

Unequal earth heating

Question 22

During bag the day does land heat up faster then water

Answer 22

Yes

Question 23

At night does the land cool faster then the water

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

In high pressure areas, are there clouds

Answer 24

No

Question 25

In low pressure area are there clouds

Answer 25

Yes

Question 26

What is low pressure associated with

Answer 26

Bad weather

Question 27

Air moves from _____ pressure to ______ pressure

Answer 27

High to low

Question 28

Surface currents and climate

Answer 28

Changes in circulation patterns cause changes in the atmosphere that effect the climate in a region

Question 29

Currents with trade winds travel from

Answer 29

East to west

Question 30

Él Nino

Answer 30

The periodic change in the location of warm and cool temperatures in the Pacific Ocean

Question 31

Where is a sea breeze and a land breeze coming from

Answer 31

Sea:sea
Land:land

Question 32

What type of pressure do warm and cold air have

Answer 32

Warm air:low

Cold air:high

Question 33

Differences in air pressure are caused by

Answer 33

Unequal earth heating

Question 34

During bag the day does land heat up faster then water

Answer 34

Yes

Question 35

At night does the land cool faster then the water

Answer 35

Yes

Question 36

In high pressure areas, are there clouds

Answer 36

No

Question 37

In low pressure area are there clouds

Answer 37

Yes

Question 38

What is low pressure associated with

Answer 38

Bad weather

Question 39

Air moves from _____ pressure to ______ pressure

Answer 39

High to low

Question 40

Surface currents and climate

Answer 40

Changes in circulation patterns cause changes in the atmosphere that effect the climate in a region

Question 41

Currents with trade winds travel from

Answer 41

East to west

Question 42

Él Nino

Answer 42

The periodic change in the location of warm and cool temperatures in the Pacific Ocean

Question 43

What is the order of the winds from the pole on the top to the equator

Answer 43

Polar easterlies, westerlies, and trade winds

Question 44

What direction do trade winds, westerlies, and polar easterlies curve

Answer 44

Trade:west
Westerlies:east
Easterlies:west