Ocean Currents

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What is the main cause of thermohaline currents?

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density

Front

Which is not true about salty water? Options: Floats on top of freshwater, Higher density, It has more molecules than freshwater, It sinks at the bottom of a container

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Floats on top of freshwater

Front

What does the blue line represent in the Thermohaline circulation? Options: Warm salty water, Warm water, Cold water, Cold salty water

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Cold salty water

Front

Which picture shows the correct "Global Conveyor Belt"?

Back

Front

Which type of water would sink the fastest? Options: warm and salty, cold and salty, warm and fresh, cold and fresh.

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cold and salty

Front

Oceans cover about ______ of the surface of the earth.

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70%

Front

List the oceans according to size.

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Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic, Arctic

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Smaller bodies of salt water are called

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seas

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The deepest parts of the ocean are called

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trenches

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Two types of ocean currents are: local and global, sea and land, surface and deep, warm and cold.

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surface and deep