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Wind & Ocean Currents Playlist

Wind & Ocean Currents Playlist

Assessment

Interactive Video

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Science

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6th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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NGSS
MS-ESS2-6, MS-ESS2-5

Standards-aligned

Created by

Maggie Adkins

Used 2+ times

FREE Resource

35 questions

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1.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

2.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What causes wind to blow?

Differences in longitude 
Shock waves from clouds 
Differences in air temperature and pressure 
The rotation of the earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?

Spirally
Unevenly
Circularly
Kinetically

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The reason why global winds flow from east to west and west to east, but not north to south, or south to north.

Bernoulli's principle 
Coriolis effect 
high pressure 
low pressure 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the name for cooler air blowing from the land to the sea?

Sea Breeze
Land Breeze
Mountain Breeze
None of the Above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

True or False:
Land heats and cools faster than water causing wind and weather.

True
False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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