Geo 103 2 Second Exam

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Condition in water deeper than about 200 meters in which the concentration of dissolved oxygen is zero

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anoxia

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Large eddies that have a core of cold water

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cold-core ring

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Effect in which the planet's rotation strongly influences the motion of fluids, both air and water

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Coriolis deflection

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Although not affected directly by the wind, is, however, in motion at all depths as well

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deep water

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The sinking of surface water, is caused along a shoreline by winds that blow parallel to the coast; Ekman transport drives water against the land and causes surface water to sink

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downwelling

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The upper air streaming poleward in both latitudes cools, becomes dense, and sinks back to the Earth's surface at the poles. There the cold, dense air flows equatorward, and the Coriolis deflection creates these polars of both hemispheres

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easterlies

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The net flow of water to the right of the wind in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left of the wind in the Southern Hemisphere which arises as a consequence of Coriolis deflection

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Ekman transport

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A current controlled by a balance between a pressure-gradient force and the Coriolis deflection

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geostrophic current

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A large water-circulation system of geostrophic currents rotating clockwise (Northern Hemisphere) or counterclockwise (Southern Hemisphere)

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gyre

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Describes a pair of circulation cells in which the wind-flow pattern, which connects surface winds and upper-level winds with ascending air at the equator and descending air at the horse latitudes of 30 N and 30 S

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Hadley Cells

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A series of parallel, counter-rotating circulation cells with long axes aligned parallel to the direction of the generating wind

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Langmuir circulation

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Occurs because evaporation exceeds precipitation and river runoff combined. Warm, salty water sinks because of its high density, filling the deeps and spilling over the Gibraltar sill into the North Atlantic Ocean. This water is replaced by the surface inflow of seawater from the Atlantic Ocean

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Mediterranean Sea circulation

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High-latitude circulation cells

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polar cell

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the change in pressure across a horizontal distance

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pressure gradient

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The central portion of the North Atlantic circulation gyre which contains large quantities of the floating brown alga

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Sargasso Sea

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Unlike the open oceans, they are greatly influenced by continental climates and river drainage - conditions that impart unique oceanographic characteristics to them

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semienclosed sea

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the vertical movement of water masses that results from differences in water density

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thermohaline circulation

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The Coriolis effect causes the surface winds to blow out of the northeast rather than out of the north, creating the familiar northeast winds known as?

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trade winds

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The slow, upward transport of water to the surface from depth

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upwelling

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Large eddies that have a core of warm water

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warm-core ring

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A large body of water with a distinctive set of properties, identifiable typically by its temperature and salinity

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water mass

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At 30 N and 30 S latitudes, some of the descending air travels poleward. These surface winds are deflected by the Coriolis effect, and become these of both hemispheres?

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westerlies

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Describes the nature of the western currents of circulation gyres, which are swift, deep, and narrow in contrast to their eastern currents, which are weak, shallow, and broad

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western boundary intensification

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the movement of air parallel or near-parallel to lines of latitude

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zonal wind flow

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With its wet climate, has surface outflow and subsurface inflow over its sill

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Black Sea circulation

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water movement 45 degrees to wind direction

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Ekman spiral

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ENSO

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El Nino Southern Oscillation

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What is the Turkish word for water?

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Su

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What is Turkish word for ocean?

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Deniz

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What is the name of first Gerber baby?

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Sarah Widdows

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What is the answer to life?

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42

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What is the answer to everything?

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Coriolis Effect