GPH 111 Final: FinalExamStudyGuide.rtf
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In areas where there is high precipitation the salt concentration is reduced, normally happens in the tropics c. water evaporated from the ocean is fresh water, not salted d. as water evaporates it leaves the salt behind in the ocean causing the oceans saltiness to increase in the areas where evaporation takes place more often than in those areas little evaporation occurs. e. the salt levels of the ocean are not equal causing a density gradient the variation of density over an area. f. salinity; the concentration of dissolved solids. Cold ocean currents stabilize the atmosphere and create low precipitation and transfers of latent heat. d. the gradients of the ocean causes ocean currents, the salt water in the atlantic is very dense and sinks to the bottom while the less dense water flows to the top. e. warm ocean currents exist where water goes from low latitudes to high latitudes. f. ocean currents change every day.
