A) It decelerates B) It becomes turbulent C) It accelerates D) It remains constant
A) 4 km x 8 km B) 1 km x 3 km C) 3 km x 7 km D) 2 km x 5 km
A) Inside the Kuroshio Knoll B) In a dune field C) On the abyssal plain D) Near the mouth of the Yangtze
A) The grains become smaller B) The grains dissolve completely C) The grain size remains uniform D) The grains become larger
A) Mississippi River B) Nile River C) Yangtze River D) Amazon River
A) Deep sea basin B) South China Sea floor C) East China Sea inner shelf D) Kenting Plateau
A) Illite and chlorite B) Feldspar and mica C) Kaolinite and titanium D) Smectite and quartz
A) Kaolinite B) Smectite C) Illite D) Chlorite
A) Quartz and magnesium B) Kaolinite and titanium C) Illite and chlorite D) Smectite and iron
A) Low water temperature B) High salinity levels C) It is unable to travel northwestward D) Strong northern winds
A) 400–700 m B) 60–70 m C) 3500 m D) 1000–1200 m
A) Tidal forces and gravity B) Only the Kuroshio Current C) Kuroshio Current, China Coastal Current, and Taiwan Warm Current D) The Pearl River flow and Kuroshio Current
A) It is uplifted and balanced with erosion B) It is built up purely by sediment deposition C) It is only shaped by erosion D) It is sinking into the mantle
A) On the Luzon coastline B) In the East China Sea inner shelf C) On the Kenting Plateau D) Above the abyssal basin between Hainan Island and the Pearl River mouth
A) South Atlantic Ocean B) Indian Ocean C) Arctic Ocean D) North Pacific Ocean
A) Bernhardus Varenius B) Andrés de Urdaneta C) James Cook D) King Philip II
A) 10 °C B) 15 °C C) 30 °C D) 24 °C
A) 100 kilometres B) 50 kilometres C) 25 kilometres D) 500 kilometres
A) Canary Current B) Brazil Current C) Labrador Current D) Gulf Stream
A) Knots B) Celsius C) Kilometers per hour D) Sv (Sverdrups)
A) Southeast of Japan B) The Sea of Japan C) East of Taiwan D) The Yonaguni Depression
A) Bōsō Peninsula B) Mindanao Trench C) Tokara Strait D) Yonaguni Depression
A) 5 B) 50 C) 10 D) 25
A) They have more productivity than shelf waters B) They are highly productive year-round C) They are biological deserts D) They are not known for high productivity
A) Solar heating B) Atmospheric pressure C) Convective mixing D) Tidal currents
A) Nutricline B) Thermostad C) Shelf water D) Cold jet
A) At the sea floor B) At the surface C) In the shelf water D) At the nutricline
A) Satellite temperature mapping B) Intense sound scattering C) Visible light emissions D) Water salinity measurements
A) Two algal bloom events B) A massive cooling of the Kuroshio Current C) The complete destruction of the coral reefs D) A permanent change in ocean salinity |