QUESTION 14
GS1
15 marks
What are the forces that influence ocean currents? Describe their role in fishing Industry of the world.
WRITE IN
11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Explain the forces that drive ocean currents and how currents create or affect major fishing grounds.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Forces: planetary winds, Coriolis force, temperature and salinity (density), gravity, coastline shape≈65 words
- 2Role in fishing: mixing of warm and cold currents, upwelling and plankton≈65 words
- 3Examples of fishing grounds≈65 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Forces in two groups (primary, secondary)How currents shape fishingExamplesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Listing currents without explaining the forces
- Not giving a single fishing ground example
Draw this
- World map of major currents and fishing grounds
Value addition
- ExampleGrand Banks off Newfoundland are rich because the warm Gulf Stream meets the cold Labrador Current.NCERT Fundamentals of Physical Geography
- ExampleUpwelling of the cold Humboldt (Peru) Current supports the anchovy fishery; El Niño weakens it.NOAA
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