Unit 2 Oceanography

What might form on the ocean floor where two plates separate?

• Mid-ocean ridge
• Ocean trench
• Continental shelf
• Seamount

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

True/False: Warm currents bring warm water towards the poles.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following does not affect surface currents?

• Density
• Global Winds
• Continental Deflection
• Coriolis Effect

How are deep currents created?

• Density differences
• Wind
• From runoff and rain
• Continental deflections

What ocean floor feature may eventually turn into a volcanic island, like Hawaii?

• Trench
• Mid-ocean ridge
• Rift Valley
• Seamount

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The highest point of a wave is the ________.

• Trough
• Wave height
• Wave length
• Crest

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Where does most evaporation occur?

• Land
• Clouds
• the Ocean
• the atmosphere

What is the main cause of tides?

• The gravitational pull of land on Earth
• The magnetic pull from the poles
• The gravitational pull of the moon
• The density differences of water 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

How does the Coriolis effect affect ocean currents?

• It makes them appear to curve.
• It causes the to move clockwise.
• It causes them to move counterclockwise.
• It causes them to move in circles.

A sharp underwater hill that connects to the continental shelf and the ocean floor

• continental shelf
• continental slope
• continental rise
• trench