Challenging Oceanography Knowledge Check
A rigorous assessment of advanced ocean science concepts presented in a concise quiz format.
Quiz Questions
Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.
- 1
Hydrothermal vent fluids are characteristically enriched in which dissolved gas?
- 2
What primary factor drives the global thermohaline circulation?
- 3
In the Northern Hemisphere, Ekman transport moves water in which direction relative to the wind?
- 4
Which physical mechanism restores displaced water parcels in internal waves?
- 5
Anthropogenic CO2 is primarily absorbed by the ocean through which chemical conversion?
- 6
What is the typical spreading rate of the Mid‑Atlantic Ridge?
- 7
The Brunt–Väisälä frequency quantifies stability of which ocean property?
- 8
Coastal upwelling along western continental margins is most often induced by which wind pattern?
- 9
Satellite altimetry detects sea‑surface height anomalies to infer what oceanic feature?
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