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Which of these influences the temperature of a place rather than the movement of ocean water?
ADistance from the sea and altitude
BThe shape of the ocean floor
CThe gravitational pull of the Moon
DWind blowing across the surface
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Distance from the sea and altitude
1. Ocean water movement is driven by the Earth's rotation, gravitational pull from the Moon and Sun, wind, ocean topography, temperature, salinity and tectonic forces.
2. Altitude, latitude, aspect and distance from the sea are a different list entirely.
3. Those four control how warm a particular place on land becomes.
4. They say nothing about why ocean water flows one way rather than another.
5. Offering them as factors in ocean movement was the recorded confusion between two similar-sounding lists.
_Source: NECTA ACSEE 2023 Geography 113/1, Question 4: Water Masses_