Advanced Oceanography Quiz: Currents, Structure, and Seafloor Processes
A hard-level set of multiple‑choice items probing key concepts in marine physical and geological sciences.
Quiz Questions
Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.
- 1
Which factor most strongly determines the seasonal depth of the thermocline in mid‑latitude oceans?
- 2
Abyssal plains primarily originate from which geological process?
- 3
During steady northeast trade winds, the net Ekman transport in the Southern Hemisphere is directed toward which compass point?
- 4
Which oceanic region is the most significant source of North Atlantic deep water in the present climate?
- 5
Internal waves are most efficiently generated when tidal flow interacts with which seabed feature?
- 6
At a constant temperature, increasing seawater salinity affects density in which way?
- 7
In deep water, the phase speed of a gravity wave depends on which parameter?
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