Salinity of red sea is high and amounts to:
A.40%
B.50%
C.60%
D.None of these
Category: Temperature Distribution and Ocean Salinity Mcqs
In tropical zone, the temperature is _______ in eastern parts and _________ in the western parts of ocean due to prevailing trade winds:
A.Less, More
B.More, less
C.More, Intense
D.None of these
The factors of world distribution of horizontal temperature of oceanic water are:
A.Winds and latitude
B.Latitude
C.Longitude
D.None of these
An estimated fraction that each year the rivers contributed in the ocean is:
A.5.4 x 10 –
B.5.5 x 10 –
C.5.6 x 10-
D.None of these
Main processes of heating the ocean water i.e:
A.By convection of heat from the interior of earth
B.By absorption of radiation from sun
C.Both (a) & (b)
D.None of these
The temperature _____ as we go away from the equator:
A.Unchanged
B.Increase
C.Decrease
D.None of these
Processes of cooling the ocean water include:
A.Convection
B.Evaporation
C.Back radiation from surface
D.All of them
Some of the most important salts in the table are:
A.Magnesium chloride
B.Sodium chloride
C.Magnesium sulphate
D.All of them
Factors affecting salinity:
A.Water from rivers
B.Temperature
C.Rainfall
D.All of them
The tendency of salinity increases from:
A.East to West
B.North to South
C.West to South
D.None of these
