When the surface currents move water away from the continents and it is replaced by water from cooler depths we term the process
A) Langmuir circulation
B) Coastal upwelling
C) Thermohaline circulation
D) Gravitational tides
E) Currents
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Q1: Ocean currents are created mainly by
A) pH
Q2: The Gulf stream
A) Brings warm water to
Q4: The equatorial countercurrent generally runs
A) Clockwise
B) Anticlockwise
C)
Q5: Waves generally travel
A) In the same direction
Q6: The difference between a wave trough and
Q7: The greatest wave heights are generally found
Q8: Tides are caused by the pull of
A)
Q9: A condition known as syzygy occurs when
A)
Q10: Which zone is the one immediately deeper
Q11: Photosynthesis generally occurs in the
A) Mesopelagic
B) Bathypelagic
C)
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