Oceans

Oceans

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Biology

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-4, MS-ESS2-6

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Photosynthesizers or plants can also be called???

a consumer or heterotroph
a producer or autotroph
an omnivore
an hrbivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Energy and nutrients flow through ecosystems in different ways because...

energy forms chemical compounds and nutrients are lost as heat
energy flows in one direction and nutrients recycle
nutrients flow in one direction and energy recycles

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is an estuary?

The area of the ocean that extends from the low tide line to the edge of the continental shelf
a coastal inlet or bay where fresh water from rivers mixes with salty ocean water
the lowest layer of the ocean where light does not reach
a geyser on the seafloor

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

what is the neritic zone?

The area of the ocean that extends from the low tide to the edge of the continental shelf (includes coral reefs and kelp forests)
a coastal inlet or bay where fresh and salt water mix
the layer of the ocean where light does not reach
the area that stretches from the high tide to the low tide on the continental shelf (the beach)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the process by which plants capture energy from sunlight and use it to make food and oxygen is released as a by-product

cellular respiration
photosynthesis
photic zone
plankton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What happens to the phytoplankton in an area of upwelling?

it decreases
it stays the same
it increases

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What happens to the temperature of water in an area of upwelling?

it increases
it decreases
it stays the same

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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