Week 5 of Oceanography

What % of earth's population lives within or near coastal regions?

(T/F?) The uniform & equitable heating from the sun helps drive ocean & atmospheric circulation.

(T/F?) The atmosphere absorbs & stores more heat than the ocean.

(T/F?) On the ocean surface, currents are driven by the wind. But in deeper ocean, currents are driven by difference in density, which is a function of temperature & salinity (thermo-haline circulation).

Why is mixing & upwelling important to biological productivity?

Check all examples of ocean & atmosphere heat exchange affecting climate?

Thunderstorms organized into self-sustained rotating systems in the tropics are called?

Check all equivalent names to hurricane in other regions of the world.

Earth's atmosphere is split into what three general circulations in each hemisphere?

(T/F?) A prerequisite of the Coriolis effect is that the object experiencing it must be in motion

In northern hemisphere, the Coriolis effect causes the surface circulation around low pressure systems (air flowing inwards) to spin in which direction?

The jet stream, also known as the subtropical jet, is a direct result of Coriolis effect on the ascending branch of which cell? ANS: Hadley (not Ferrel, Polar, nor Prison)

(T/F?) Polar jet, a product of temperature contrast in the upper atmosphere between Ferrel & Polar cells, is strongest during the winter time.

(Y/N?) Is it possible for a commercial aircraft to fly supersonic relative to the ground, when it is cruising @ 555 mph @ 44,000 feet, flying with the jet stream clocked at 280 mph? The speed of sound is 745 mph.

According to SciShow, do toilets, sinks, or water fountains in southern hemisphere swirl down the drain in different direction from northern hemisphere?