Practice Ocean Test (3) PDF
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This document includes practice questions on ocean productivity, ocean currents like gyres and the West Wind Drift, and the impact of warm and cold currents, and effects of upwelling on the ocean.
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1. Describe productivity in polar oceans, tropical oceans, and midlatitude oceans.. What are the major ocean gyres? 3. Describe the role of the Coriolis effect in the movement of surface waters 4. What is unique about the West Wind Drift? 5. Be familiar with effects of warm and cold currents 6....
1. Describe productivity in polar oceans, tropical oceans, and midlatitude oceans.. What are the major ocean gyres? 3. Describe the role of the Coriolis effect in the movement of surface waters 4. What is unique about the West Wind Drift? 5. Be familiar with effects of warm and cold currents 6. What is origin of upwelling? Why is it important?
