Consider the following statements :
- 1.In the tropical zone, the western sections of the oceans are warmer than the eastern sections owing to the influence of trade winds.
- 2.In the temperate zone, westerlies make the eastern sections of oceans warmer than the western sections.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Answer: C. Statement 1 is correct: trade winds blow east to west in the tropics, piling warm surface water on the western side of oceans. Statement 2 is correct: in temperate latitudes, westerlies push warm currents like the North Atlantic Drift toward the eastern side of oceans, warming those areas. So both.
Watch for: The direction of the prevailing wind decides which side of the ocean gets warm water.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because statement 2 is also correct.
- B. Wrong because statement 1 is also correct.
- D. Wrong because both statements are correct.
Source to check: NCERT Class 11, Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 13 Water (Oceans) and Chapter 14 Movements of Ocean Water
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