Oceans Review

Salinity is the measure of...

• oxygen in water

• dissolved salts in water

What is the most abundant salt in the ocean?

• Chromium iodide

• Sodium Chloride

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Deep Ocean currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns

• Density

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Surface currents are a result of

• Global Wind Patterns

• Earth's Rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• The tides of the ocean

• Earth rotating on its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.

• Cold

• Warm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is colder and has less pressure.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Ocean currents have an affect on which two things

• climate and weather

• temperature and density

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A technique that used sound waves to measure the depth of the ocean floor is

• dredging

• sonar

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NGSS.HS-PS4-5

How much salt is in something is called_____________

• Salinity

• Transpiration