Climatology Review Guide Answers

Question 1

The Coriolis Effect

Question 2

The location of the continents, Earth’s rotation, winds

Question 3

High salinity and high density

Question 4

Two consecutive wave crests pass a given point.

Question 5

Wind speed, Fetch, and length of time the wind blows.

Question 6

The gravitational pull of the moon on the Earth and its waters.

Question 7

The coriolis effect

Question 8

Deep ocean currents

Question 9

Crest

Trough

Question 10

An earthquake or seismic activity on the ocean floor (not tides)

Question 11

The Gulf Stream

Question 12

Moves in a complete circle

Question 13

Westward

Question 14

There are two tidal bulges on earth

Question 15

Afternoon

Question 16

Lower than 90%

Question 17

Jet stream

Question 18

Narrow zone of weak winds located at the equator where the trade winds of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres meet.

Question 19

Westerlies

Question 20

East (right)

Question 21

The land

Question 22

Rain Shadow

Question 23

Rain Forest

Question 24

Oceans

Question 25

Polar icecap

Question 26

Land, water heats up more slowly

Question 27

Low annual precipitation

Question 28

Kuroshio Current

Question 29

Antarctic Circumpolar current

Question 30

Sargasso Sea

Question 31

Antarctic Bottom Water