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What is the property of water that allows it to mingle with other elements?
What is the property of water that allows it to mingle with other elements?
The majority of the heat transferred from the atmosphere to the earth is transferred by?
The majority of the heat transferred from the atmosphere to the earth is transferred by?
absorption by the lithosphere
What are the two main factors controlling the density of water?
What are the two main factors controlling the density of water?
salinity and temperature
At what temperature does the maximum density of pure water occur, and why?
At what temperature does the maximum density of pure water occur, and why?
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What is the zone of rapid temperature change called?
What is the zone of rapid temperature change called?
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The density of air increases with what?
The density of air increases with what?
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What is the Coriolis effect?
What is the Coriolis effect?
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Winds are designated from which direction?
Winds are designated from which direction?
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Gyres are divided into currents termed below, except?
Gyres are divided into currents termed below, except?
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The thermocline is a boundary between layers of water with differing what?
The thermocline is a boundary between layers of water with differing what?
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If the earth consistently absorbed more energy from the sun than it radiated into space, what would happen?
If the earth consistently absorbed more energy from the sun than it radiated into space, what would happen?
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What causes convection cells?
What causes convection cells?
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What causes the Coriolis effect?
What causes the Coriolis effect?
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Where are trade winds found and what direction do they blow towards?
Where are trade winds found and what direction do they blow towards?
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Where are polar easterlies found and in what direction do they blow?
Where are polar easterlies found and in what direction do they blow?
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Would you expect the water at the ocean's surface near a desert to have higher or lower salinity compared to the average ocean salinity?
Would you expect the water at the ocean's surface near a desert to have higher or lower salinity compared to the average ocean salinity?
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What is the primary force that provides energy for surface currents?
What is the primary force that provides energy for surface currents?
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How many gyres are found in each major ocean basin?
How many gyres are found in each major ocean basin?
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Which ocean gyre has a tendency to flow in a northward direction?
Which ocean gyre has a tendency to flow in a northward direction?
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What causes deep circulation?
What causes deep circulation?
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What percent of ocean water is pure water?
What percent of ocean water is pure water?
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What is the process by which deep, nutrient-rich water moves upward to replace surface water blown farther offshore?
What is the process by which deep, nutrient-rich water moves upward to replace surface water blown farther offshore?
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Deep Atlantic currents are formed largely as a result of what?
Deep Atlantic currents are formed largely as a result of what?
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What are convection cells?
What are convection cells?
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In what region do the northeast and southeast trade winds meet?
In what region do the northeast and southeast trade winds meet?
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Why does the sun heat the Earth unevenly?
Why does the sun heat the Earth unevenly?
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What direction do transverse currents flow?
What direction do transverse currents flow?
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What is the direction of eastern-boundary currents?
What is the direction of eastern-boundary currents?
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Explain downwelling.
Explain downwelling.
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