Question 1
Which oceanographic term describes the layer in a body of water where temperature changes more rapidly with depth than it does in the layers above or below it?
Correct Answer:
Thermocline
Question 2
What is the dominant direction of flow and characteristic salinity profile of the Leeuwin Current along the Western Australian coastline?
Correct Answer:
Poleward (southward) flow bringing warm, low-salinity tropical water
Question 3
How does the Coriolis effect influence major surface ocean currents in the Southern Hemisphere?
Correct Answer:
It deflects moving water to the left of its direction of motion, creating anticlockwise oceanic gyres.
Question 4
If a deep-water ocean wave has a wavelength (λ) of 80 metres, at what approximate water depth does the wave base begin to feel the ocean floor?
Correct Answer:
40 metres
Question 5
Which astronomical alignment of the Sun, Earth, and Moon produces spring tides characterized by the maximum tidal range?
Correct Answer:
Linear alignment during New Moon and Full Moon (syzygy)
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