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Climatology Review

Climatology Review. Question 1. Why do gyres form?. Question 2. Name three factors that controls the movement of surface currents. Question 3.

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Climatology Review

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  1. Climatology Review

  2. Question 1 • Why do gyres form?

  3. Question 2 • Name three factors that controls the movement of surface currents.

  4. Question 3 • Name two characteristics of a body of water (saline) regarding salinity and density IF the body of water experiences high evaporation and low rainfall.

  5. Question 4 • Define wavelength…

  6. Question 5 • Name the three factors that determine the size of a wave.

  7. Question 6 • What is the major force behind the formation of tides?

  8. Question 7 • What is the curving of the path of ocean currents and wind belts called?

  9. Question 8 • Does differences in density of ocean water more likely to affect surface ocean currents or deep ocean currents?

  10. Question 9 • What is the highest point of wave called? • What is the lowest point of a wave called?

  11. Question 10 • What is a tsunami usually caused by?

  12. Question 11 • What is the warm current that flows northward along the east coast of the United States?

  13. Question 12 • Describe the movement of a water particle in a wave during a single wave period.

  14. Question 13 • Trade wind belts push currents in what direction?

  15. Question 14 • Why are there two high tides and two low tides daily at most ocean locations?

  16. Question 15 • Due to the Earth’s slow absorption rate of solar energy, the warmest part of the day is when?

  17. Question 16 • Temperatures at the poles are much lower because the sun strikes the ground at an angle • Higher than 90% • Lower than 90%

  18. Question 17 • What are narrow bands of high speed winds that blow in the UPPER atmosphere?

  19. Question 18 • What are doldrums?

  20. Question 19 • What are the prevailing winds that we experience here in the United states?

  21. Question 20 • Due to the Coriolis effect, objects that travel North From the equator curve in what direction?

  22. Question 21 • What continues to absorb solar energy and increase in temperature as long as the sun’s rays hit it?

  23. Question 22 • What is a weather event in which a moving air mass hits a mountain, rises, cools, and loses most of its moisture through precipitation?

  24. Question 23 • What climate is characterized by dense, lush vegetation; broadleaf plants; and high biodiversity?

  25. Question 24 Which of the following acts a temperature moderator and rainfall producer?

  26. Question 25 • Which climate has little or no life, temps below freezing year round, and high winds?

  27. Question 26 • Which heats faster, water or land?

  28. Question 27 • Deserts and polar icecaps are similar in what ways?

  29. Question 28 • What is the warm Pacific current called?

  30. Question 29 • What is the world’s largest current?

  31. Question 30 • What is an area of calm water with brown seaweed on its surface?

  32. Question 31 • What is a deep, slow current moving northward to a latitude of about 40 degrees North?

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