What is a gyre?
A) A type of surface current
B) A circular flow of water around the periphery of an ocean basin
C) A type of thermohaline current
D) None of these choices
B
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A. East Africa B. West Africa C. Southern Africa D. Central Africa
What is not a characteristic of an El Niño Southern Oscillation (ESNO)?
a. High pressure area shifts to the western Pacific b. Trade winds across the Pacific weaken or reverse directions c. Equatorial currents stop d. Trade winds across the Pacific strengthen
The most severe hurricane is a category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Springs may occur where the water table intersects the ground surface
Indicate whether the statement is true or false