Salt water practice test

What causes surface currents?

• wind
• salinity
• temperature
• density

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What causes deep currents?

• differences in density
• wind
• weather
• Coriolis effect

Why do currents curve to the right in the Northern Hemisphere?

• riptides
• density
• salinity
• Coriolis effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which process will increase the salinity of ocean water?

• evaporation
• currents
• Coriolis effect
• density

How will the melting of icecaps change the salinity of ocean water?

• raise the salinity
• lower the salinity
• no change to the salinity
• I have no idea

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

How are salts added to the ocean?

• precipitation
• evaporation
• erosion from land
• density

What is a deep valley in the ocean formed at a convergent boundary?

• continental shelf
• mid-ocean ridge
• trench
• abyssal plain

What is a long, underwater mountain chain formed at a divergent plate boundary?

• trench
• mid-ocean ridge
• continental shelf
• continental rise

What is the measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a liquid?

• density
• salinity
• density
• Coriolis effect

What causes tides?

• wind
• differences in density
• gravity from the moon
• plate tectonics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4