Question 1
What is the primary driving mechanism responsible for global thermohaline ocean circulation?
Correct Answer:
Seawater density differences generated by variations in temperature and salinity
Question 2
In the Southern Hemisphere, in which direction is net surface Ekman transport directed relative to the prevailing wind direction?
Correct Answer:
90 degrees to the left of the wind direction
Question 3
How does the Coriolis effect alter the path of moving ocean currents in the Southern Hemisphere?
Correct Answer:
It causes deflection to the left of the direction of motion
Question 4
Why does the global ocean play a far greater role in buffering climate temperature variations than the atmosphere?
Correct Answer:
Water has a significantly higher volumetric heat capacity than air
Question 5
During an El Niño phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), what primary change occurs in the tropical Pacific trade winds?
Correct Answer:
Easterly trade winds weaken or reverse to westerly anomalies
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New Zealand Scholarship Earth and Space Science Practice Questions - New Zealand Scholarship Earth and Space Science Assessment (NZQA Standard 93104) Exam

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