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Which of the following regions of the ocean has the highest salinity? A.Atlantic

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Question

Which of the following regions of the ocean has the highest salinity?

A.Atlantic bottom water at 30° N

B.Atlantic surface water at 30° N

C.Atlantic bottom water at 30° S

Which of the following regions of the ocean has the highest salinity?

A.Pacific surface water at 30° N

B.Pacific bottom water at 30° N

C.Pacific bottom water at 30° S

The water at 1000 m depth in the North Atlantic at 30° N originates from?

A.Atlantic surface water at 50° S

B.Atlantic surface water at 30° S

C.Atlantic surface water at 0° S

D.Atlantic surface water at 30° N

E.Atlantic surface water at 50° N

Which of the following regions has the highest difference in water temperature between the summer and the winter?

A.surface mixed layer in the Atlantic at 0° N

B.surface mixed layer in the Atlantic at 30° N

C.1000 m in the Atlantic at 30° N

D.Bottom water in the Atlantic at 30° N

Which of the following parameters has the lowest value?

A.Sigma

B.Sigma t

C.Sigma in situ

Which of the following statements (a-l) are true or false for samples collected at locations A-K?

A: surface mixed layer in the North Pacific near Hawaii in summer

B: surface mixed layer in the North Pacific near Hawaii in winter

C: surface mixed layer in the North Atlantic near Bermuda in summer

D: surface mixed layer in the North Atlantic near Bermuda in winter

E: 3000 m in the North Atlantic near Bermuda

F: 3000 m in the North Pacific near Hawaii

G: surface water in the North Pacific (50-60 °N)

H: surface water in the North Atlantic (50-60 °N)

I:    surface water in the Equatorial Pacific (0 °N)

J: 1000 m in the north Atlantic (30 °N)

K: 1000 m in the south Atlantic (30 °S)

a) [Ca2+]A < [Na+]I ;

b) [Cl-]F > [K+]B ;

c) [NO3-]J > [K+]B;

d) [Mg2+]J < [Mg2+]C ;

e) [B(OH)4-]J > [B(OH)4-]D

f) [Ca2+]B > [Zn+]K

g) [HCO3-]D < [PO43-]B ;

h) [SO42-]G < [SO42-]H

i) [Na+]A > [Mg2+]C     

j) [Sr2+]C < [Sr2+]E     

k) [Br-]K > [Br-]J

l) [F-]E < [F-]F

Explanation / Answer

1) option b is correct.

Surface of North Atlantic ocean has highest salinity.

salinity at the surface is more because of evaporation. So the salinity decreases with depth and then again starts increasing slightly.