Concept Quiz 4

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This quiz covers key concepts 7 and 8 from Chapter 7. Answer the questions by darkening in the circle next to the correct answer. When completed with the quiz, click on "submit answers for grading" at the bottom of the page.

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Episodes of ocean warming produced by a warm countercurrent that replaces the cold Peruvian current along the coasts of Equador and Peru are referred to as __________ events.

El NiñochinooktropicalmonsoonalLa Niña

Along the eastern shores of oceans, most notably along the coasts of California, Peru, and West Africa, winds produce vertical water movements, called __________, that bring cold water from deeper layers to replace warmer surface-water.

gyresEl Niñodensity currentsupwellingnone of the above

	A typical La Niña winter blows colder than normal air over the Pacific Northwest and northern Great Plains while warming much of the rest of the United States.

	True False

	Because winds are a primary driving force of ocean currents, a relationship exists between the oceanic circulation and the general atmospheric circulation.

	True False

	The seesaw pattern of atmospheric pressure between the eastern and western Pacific associated with major El Niño events is called the Southern Oscillation.

	True False

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Concept Quiz 4

Episodes of ocean warming produced by a warm countercurrent that replaces the cold Peruvian current along the coasts of Equador and Peru are referred to as __________ events.

Along the eastern shores of oceans, most notably along the coasts of California, Peru, and West Africa, winds produce vertical water movements, called __________, that bring cold water from deeper layers to replace warmer surface-water.

A typical La Niña winter blows colder than normal air over the Pacific Northwest and northern Great Plains while warming much of the rest of the United States.

Because winds are a primary driving force of ocean currents, a relationship exists between the oceanic circulation and the general atmospheric circulation.

The seesaw pattern of atmospheric pressure between the eastern and western Pacific associated with major El Niño events is called the Southern Oscillation.