Chapter 15 Study Guide (Questions)
1. The most common salt in ocean water is ________________________. (p. 340)
2. When water carried to the shore in waves returns
to the ocean, a(n) _____________________
forms. (p. 349)
3. The density of ocean water is ________________ than that of pure water. (p. 341)
4. Currents that flow from the poles toward the
equator are __________________ currents.
(p. 348)
5. Surface currents in the Northern Hemisphere
flow in a ________________________ direction.
(p. 347)
6. The daily changes in ocean water level caused
by the gravitational pull of the sun and the
moon are _____________________.
(p. 356)
7. The major gases dissolved in ocean water are
_____________________, ____________, and
________________. (p. 340)
8. A thermocline is determined by a change in ______________________. (p. 341)
9. Areas that have one high tide and one low
tide each day are described as having a
_____________________ tide
pattern. (p. 357)
10. Areas that have two high tides and two low tides
each day are described as having a
___________________
tide pattern. (p. 357)
11. Current tide patterns repeat every _______ hours and ______ minutes. (p. 357)
12. When the moon and sun form a right angle, their
gravitational forces pull in different
directions to form
a _______________ tide. (p. 358)
13. Periods of spring tides and neap tides occur ___________each month. (p. 358)
14. Tides with the least difference between high and low are called _____________ tides. (p. 358)
15. The Coriolis Force causes the earth's ____________________________
to move in a curved
path. (p.345)
16. The earth's rotation causes winds blowing toward
the equator to curve
______________________.
(p.346)
17. Upwelling occurs as a result of differences in water ________________. (p.348)
18. As water depth increases, pressure ______________________. (p.341)
19. The water in an estuary has __________________
salinity than most of the ocean. (p.340
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