Oceans Test

The Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean are....

• Next to the world's largest continents

• Next to important underwater volcanos

• The 3 largest oceans

• Super fun to swim in

Wind, density, rotation of the earth, gravity, differences in salinity, differences in temperature all affect what?

• Ocean Tides

• Ocean Density

• Ocean Currents

• Ocean Awesomeness

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Temperature and Salinity influence what?

• Density

• Buoyancy

• Currents

• Tides

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Earthquakes, landslide, meteor, volcano, atmospheric event, seismic shift in earth's crust can all cause what?

• Hurricanes

• Currents to shift

• Tides to shift

• Tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Open Ocean is also called the...

• Pacific Ridge

• Pelagic Zone

• Coriolis Effect

• Mariana's Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Mariana's Trench...

• moves North along the United States and then East across the Atlantic

• is the Earth's deepest Trench

• is the Earth's shortest Trench

• is located by the South Pole

Phytoplankton are...

• at the beginning of nearly all marine food chains

• are only located at the bottom of the ocean

• only live during the full moon

• are amazing on salads!

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The Gulf Stream moves

• South along Japan and then West

• North along the United States and then East across the Atlantic

• West across the Pacific and then North along China

• East across the Pacific and then South along Central America

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A Coral atoll is

• The Earth's deepest trench

• Underwater plain on the deep ocean floor

• Large wave caused by a seismic shift in the Earth's crust

• circular island of coral reef left over from a weathered down volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Gravitational pull of the moon and sun create...

• upwelling of nutrients from the ocean floor

• tides

• currents

• seismic shifts on the ocean floor