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La diferencia de temperatura y salinidad del agua de mar en diferentes zonas y profundidades dan lugar a una corriente que se llama:Differences in sea water temperature and salinity between areas and depths create a current called:
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Correct answer: d) Density current.
Why it is correct
Colder or saltier water is denser and sinks, setting water in motion. That is a density current.
Why the others are not
- a) Wind causes it.
- b) Tide causes it.
- c) Not the type.
How to work it out in the exam
- Temperature and salt: density.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de julio · PY Test 1 · question 19 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de julio · PY Test 2 · question 14 Official paper · Official answer key
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