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¿Cómo se denominan las corrientes debidas a variaciones de densidad, producidas por diferencias de temperatura y salinidad entre aguas situadas en distintos lugares o a distintas profundidades del océano?What are currents caused by density differences, from differences in temperature and salinity between waters in different places or depths, called?
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Correct answer: c) Thermohaline.
Why it is correct
Thermohaline currents come from temperature (thermo) and salinity (haline) differences changing density.
Why the others are not
- a) Tide.
- b) Pressure.
- d) Wind.
How to work it out in the exam
- Heat and salt: thermohaline.
Where this question comes from
- Región de Murcia · 2021 · 2ª convocatoria · PY Tipo 1 · question 12 Official paper · Official answer key
- Región de Murcia · 2024 · 2ª convocatoria · PY Tipo 1 · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
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