Ocean Currents

Ocean Currents

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Science

6th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the amount of matter in a given space or volume?

Back

Density

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What term relates to the whole world?

Back

Global

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material, measured with a thermometer?

Back

Temperature

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the spinning of Earth on its axis that creates day and night?

Back

Rotation

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, denser fluids?

Back

Convection

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the movement of ocean water that is driven by wind, temperature, and salinity?

Back

Ocean Currents

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the effect that causes moving air and water to turn and twist due to Earth's rotation?

Back

Coriolis Effect

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