When coastal waters grow significantly warmer in Peru, the fishermen there know that a(n) ____________________ ____________________ event is occurring.
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Question 2Equator-ward winds along the California coast cause ____________________, resulting in nutrient-rich waters that provide for abundant life.
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Question 3Surface winds above the ocean result in ____________________ ____________________, the net movement of water at a 90 degree angle to the winds.
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Question 4The Canary Current and the Gulf Stream are both part of the North Atlantic ____________________.
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Question 5The transition area between the surface zone and the deep zone is the ____________________.
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Question 6Colorado State University professor Bill Gray's forecast for the 2005 the Atlantic hurricane season
A) correctly predicted both an above-average season and the total number of storms.
B) incorrectly predicted a below-average number of storms for the season.
C) correctly predicted both an above-average season, and an increased number of storms from 2004.
D) correctly predicted an above-average season, but greatly underestimated the total number of storms.
E) none of the above
Question 7The storm surge
A) is stronger on one side of the hurricane than the other.
B) results in slowly rising sea levels at shorelines.
C) causes few deaths.
D) is typically only one to a few kilometers wide.
E) all of the above
Question 8The Saffir-Simpson scale
A) uses storm surge as the best predictor of storm damage.
B) is no longer used by most meteorologists.
C) shows that most hurricanes are Category 5.
D) is based primarily on wind speed.
E) is also used to categorize tornadoes.
Question 9The accuracy of hurricane forecasting
A) has improved over the past decade.
B) has declined over the past decade.
C) will never be good enough to save lives.
D) depends greatly on the size of the storm.
E) depends greatly on the strongest wind speeds in the storm.
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