Bio Oce Final

Question or Hint Answer or Word

A cross-section of Earth reveals a layered structure that has different thicknesses and densities. How do geologists know this? From observing the transit times (wrong answers: Ice sheets, Sediment, Electromagnetic fields)
Earth surface winds are caused by air moving from High pressure to low pressure (wrong answers: The Westerlies, Low Pressure Areas)
Geostrophic currents result from Balance between gravity and Coriolis effect (wrong answers: Ocean circulation, Westerlies)
Ocean salinity is on average_____. Salinity is______ than average at the equator because of_______. 35; lower;precipitation (wrong answers: 20;higher;runoff, 35;higher;precipitation, 45;lower;groundwater)
The atmosphere of the earth consists primarily of oxygen and nitrogen (wrong answers: oxygen and hydrogen, oxygen and phosphorus , nitrogen and sulfur)
The deepest of ocean waters are classified as Hadal (wrong answers: Twilight Zone, Abyssal , Photic, Thermocline)
The main driving forces of ocean circulation Temp and wind, gravity and wind, salinity and temp (wrong answers: Wind and precipitation, gravity and temperature, Salinity and gravity, Wind and temp)