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| # | Question & Answer |
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| 2901 |
Shallow water body separated by a barrier?
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Lagoon.
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| 2902 |
Most common tidal pattern?
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Semi-diurnal.
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| 2903 |
How high tides help ships?
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Raise water level near ports.
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| 2904 |
Strongest spring tides?
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Equinoctial Spring Tides.
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| 2905 |
What is water movement toward land called?
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Flood tide.
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| 2906 |
What causes tide-generating force?
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Gravity & centrifugal difference.
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| 2907 |
What is West Wind Drift?
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Unobstructed West–East current.
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| 2908 |
Direction of currents in Northern Hemisphere?
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Clockwise.
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| 2909 |
What causes navigation issues in mixing zones?
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Fog.
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| 2910 |
What mixing favors?
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Plankton growth.
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| 2911 |
Where best fishing grounds?
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Japan seas & east USA coast.
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| 2912 |
Cold current cooling NE North America?
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Labrador Current.
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| 2913 |
How cold currents move?
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From poles outward.
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| 2914 |
Warm current from Gulf of Mexico?
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Gulf Stream.
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| 2915 |
Origin of warm currents?
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Near equator.
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| 2916 |
Slow, irregular currents?
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Drift.
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| 2917 |
Fast, well-defined currents?
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Streams.
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| 2918 |
One major cause of ocean currents?
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Wind.
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| 2919 |
Sharp salinity increase zone?
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Halocline.
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| 2920 |
Why low salinity at equator?
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High rainfall.
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| 2921 |
Average ocean salinity?
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35 ppt.
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| 2922 |
Limit for brackishness?
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27 ppt.
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| 2923 |
Highest ocean temperature?
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North of equator.
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| 2924 |
% of water below thermocline?
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~90%.
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| 2925 |
Zone of steep temperature drop?
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Thermocline.
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