55) The North Pacific Current is an example of which of the following types of currents?
A) Eastern Boundary Current
B) Equatorial Counter Current
C) Northern Boundary Current
D) Southern Boundary Current
E) Western Boundary Current
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized?
Essent’l Concept: 7.2 Explain the origin of ocean surface currents and how surface circulation
patterns are organized
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
56) The West Wind Drift is an example of which of the following types of currents?
A) Eastern Boundary Current
B) Equatorial Counter Current
C) Northern Boundary Current
D) Southern Boundary Current
E) Western Boundary Current
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized?
Essent’l Concept: 7.2 Explain the origin of ocean surface currents and how surface circulation
patterns are organized
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
57) The North Equatorial Current is an example of which of the following types of currents?
A) Eastern Boundary Current
B) Equatorial Current
C) Northern Boundary Current
D) Southern Boundary Current
E) Western Boundary Current
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized?
Essent’l Concept: 7.2 Explain the origin of ocean surface currents and how surface circulation
patterns are organized
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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58) The South Equatorial Current is an example of which of the following types of currents?
A) Eastern Boundary Current
B) Equatorial Current
C) Northern Boundary Current
D) Southern Boundary Current
E) Western Boundary Current
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized?
Essent’l Concept: 7.2 Explain the origin of ocean surface currents and how surface circulation
patterns are organized
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
59) Which subtropical boundary current is faster, narrower and deeper than its counterparts?
A) Eastern Boundary Current
B) Equatorial Current
C) Northern Boundary Current
D) Southern Boundary Current
E) Western Boundary Current
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized?
Essent’l Concept: 7.2 Explain the origin of ocean surface currents and how surface circulation
patterns are organized
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
60) The observation that ships and icebergs in the southern hemisphere float to the left of the
wind direction is an example of which of the following?
A) Eastern intensification
B) Ekman transport
C) Equatorial upwelling
D) Geostrophic current
E) Western intensification
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized?
Essent’l Concept: 7.2 Explain the origin of ocean surface currents and how surface circulation
patterns are organized
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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61) The observation of a hill of water within all subtropical gyres is an example of which of the
following?
A) Eastern intensification
B) Equatorial upwelling
C) Geostrophic current
D) Subtropical convergence
E) Western intensification
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized?
Essent’l Concept: 7.2 Explain the origin of ocean surface currents and how surface circulation
patterns are organized
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
62) The observation that one subtropical boundary current is faster, narrower, and deeper than its
counterparts is an example of which of the following?
A) Eastern intensification
B) Ekman transport
C) Equatorial upwelling
D) Geostrophic current
E) Western intensification
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized?
Essent’l Concept: 7.2 Explain the origin of ocean surface currents and how surface circulation
patterns are organized
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
63) Coastal winds can cause upwelling or downwelling due to which of the following?
A) Eastern intensification
B) Ekman transport
C) Equatorial upwelling
D) Geostrophic current
E) Western intensification
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized?
Essent’l Concept: 7.2 Explain the origin of ocean surface currents and how surface circulation
patterns are organized
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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64) Which of the following currents contributes to the South Eastern United States being humid?
A) Brazil Current
B) California Current
C) Gulf Stream
D) North Atlantic Current
E) North Equatorial Current
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized?
Essent’l Concept: 7.2 Explain the origin of ocean surface currents and how surface circulation
patterns are organized
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
65) Which of the following currents contributes to the South Western United States being arid?
A) Brazil Current
B) California Current
C) Canary Current
D) North Equatorial Current
E) North Pacific Current
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized?
Essent’l Concept: 7.2 Explain the origin of ocean surface currents and how surface circulation
patterns are organized
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
66) Diverging surface waters are areas of ________ and ________ productivity.
A) downwelling; high
B) downwelling; low
C) upwelling; high
D) upwelling; low
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.3 What Causes Upwelling and Downwelling?
Essent’l Concept: 7.3 Describe the conditions that produce upwelling
OSLP: 3 The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate.
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67) Converging surface waters are areas of ________ and ________ productivity.
A) downwelling; high
B) downwelling; low
C) upwelling; high
D) upwelling; low
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.3 What Causes Upwelling and Downwelling?
Essent’l Concept: 7.3 Describe the conditions that produce upwelling
OSLP: 3 The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate.
68) Coastal upwelling along the coast of Chile is a result of winds from the ________ turning
towards the ________ due to Ekman transport.
A) north; left
B) north; right
C) south; left
D) south; right
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.3 What Causes Upwelling and Downwelling?
Essent’l Concept: 7.3 Describe the conditions that produce upwelling
OSLP: 3 The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate.
69) The main current in Antarctic waters is the ________ Current.
A) Antarctic Circumpolar
B) Benguela
C) Malvinas
D) South Australian
E) South Equatorial
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.4 What Are the Main Surface Circulation Patterns in Each Ocean Basin?
Essent’l Concept: 7.4 Specify the main surface circulation patterns in each ocean basin
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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70) Which of the following is the only current that completely circumscribes Earth?
A) Antarctic Circumpolar
B) Benguela
C) Malvinas
D) South Australian
E) South Equatorial
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.4 What Are the Main Surface Circulation Patterns in Each Ocean Basin?
Essent’l Concept: 7.4 Specify the main surface circulation patterns in each ocean basin
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
71) The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is also known as which of the following?
A) Benguela Current
B) East Australian Current
C) Peru (Humboldt) Current
D) South Equatorial Current
E) West Wind Drift
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.4 What Are the Main Surface Circulation Patterns in Each Ocean Basin?
Essent’l Concept: 7.4 Specify the main surface circulation patterns in each ocean basin
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
72) Which of the following Atlantic Subtropical gyre boundary currents is split into two by a
large landmass?
A) Benguela Current
B) Brazil Current
C) Canary Current
D) North Atlantic Current
E) South Equatorial Current
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.4 What Are the Main Surface Circulation Patterns in Each Ocean Basin?
Essent’l Concept: 7.4 Specify the main surface circulation patterns in each ocean basin
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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73) The Sargasso Sea is the water that circulates around the rotation center of the ________ gyre.
A) Indian Ocean
B) North Atlantic
C) North Pacific
D) South Atlantic
E) South Pacific
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.4 What Are the Main Surface Circulation Patterns in Each Ocean Basin?
Essent’l Concept: 7.4 Specify the main surface circulation patterns in each ocean basin
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
74) Between summer and winter, which of the following currents reverses its flow direction?
A) Brazil Current
B) California Current
C) Falkland Current
D) Florida Current
E) Somali Current
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.4 What Are the Main Surface Circulation Patterns in Each Ocean Basin?
Essent’l Concept: 7.4 Specify the main surface circulation patterns in each ocean basin
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
75) Which of the following currents is responsible for Peru becoming the largest producer of
fish, from the sea, in the world?
A) Brazil Current
B) Canary Current
C) Falkland Current
D) Humboldt Current
E) Somali Current
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.4 What Are the Main Surface Circulation Patterns in Each Ocean Basin?
Essent’l Concept: 7.4 Specify the main surface circulation patterns in each ocean basin
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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76) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Measuring average flow
rates of ocean surface currents is simple BECAUSE they flow in the same direction and at the
same rate for long periods of time.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 7.1 How Are Ocean Currents Measured?
Essent’l Concept: 7.1 Demonstrate an understanding of how ocean currents are measured
77) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The Equatorial
Countercurrent is much better developed in the Pacific Ocean than in the Atlantic BECAUSE the
Pacific Ocean basin is larger and more unobstructed than the Atlantic Ocean.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 7.4 What Are the Main Surface Circulation Patterns in Each Ocean Basin?
Essent’l Concept: 7.4 Specify the main surface circulation patterns in each ocean basin
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
78) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Ocean currents have the
potential to generate more power than wind farms BECAUSE ocean currents move much faster
than the wind.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 7.6 Can Power from Currents Be Harnessed as a Source of Energy?
Essent’l Concept: 7.6 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of harnessing currents as a
source of energy
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79) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Areas of downwelling are
associated with prolific marine life BECAUSE the necessary nutrients are continuously
replenished.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 7.3 What Causes Upwelling and Downwelling?
Essent’l Concept: 7.3 Describe the conditions that produce upwelling
OSLP: 3 The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate.
80) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The temperatures across
the Atlantic at different latitudes are much higher in Europe than in North America BECAUSE of
the effects of heat transfer from the Gulf Stream.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 7.4 What Are the Main Surface Circulation Patterns in Each Ocean Basin?
Essent’l Concept: 7.4 Specify the main surface circulation patterns in each ocean basin
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
81) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: India’s Northeast
Monsoon provides little precipitation BECAUSE it occurs during the winter.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 7.4 What Are the Main Surface Circulation Patterns in Each Ocean Basin?
Essent’l Concept: 7.4 Specify the main surface circulation patterns in each ocean basin
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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82) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: India’s Southwest
Monsoon provides abundant precipitation BECAUSE the air brought in from the Indian Ocean is
warm and full of moisture.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Answer: A
Diff: 4
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 7.4 What Are the Main Surface Circulation Patterns in Each Ocean Basin?
Essent’l Concept: 7.4 Specify the main surface circulation patterns in each ocean basin
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
7.3 Essay Questions
1) Briefly describe the different ways that ocean currents are measured.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized?
Essent’l Concept: 7.2 Explain the origin of ocean surface currents and how surface circulation
patterns are organized
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
2) Compare and contrast western boundary currents and eastern boundary currents.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized?
Essent’l Concept: 7.2 Explain the origin of ocean surface currents and how surface circulation
patterns are organized
OSLP: 1 The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
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