Question

When an ocean current flows from the frigid zone to the torrid zone, it ______ the temperature of the coasts in the torrid zone.

• A. Reduces
• B. Increases
• C. Neither Increases nor decreases
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A Reduces

The Torrid Zone or the tropical zone, lies near the Equator and extends to the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the south. The torrid zone is the hottest zone because it is the closest to the equator.

The Frigid Zone also known as the Arctic and the Antarctic, i.e. near the poles. The frigid zone is the coldest zone because it is the farthest from the equator.

Ocean currents affect temperatures throughout the world, through their movements. Ocean currents influence the temperature of the regions through which they travel.

Cold currents traveling along the coasts decreases the temperature of the area by cooling the sea breezes that blow over them.

Hence when an ocean current flows from the frigid zone [cold currents] to the torrid zone, it reduces the temperature of the coasts in the torrid zone.

Therefore, option A is the correct answer.