Oceans Unit

Water travels in definite paths around the ocean called

• Highways
• Currents
• Rivers
• Streams

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is the study of the physical properties of ocean

• Natural Resources
• Oceanography
• Bioluminescence
• Chemosynthesis

As oceans become deeper, the water pressure ___________________.

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

Which of the following sea animals is a mammal?

• shark
• tuna
• Giant Squid
• Humpback whale

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves

• clockwise
• counter clockwise
• both
• neither

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Two types of water currents are

• local and global
• sea and land
• surface and deep
• warm and cold

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What term is the measure of dissolved salts in water?

• Thermocline
• Salinity
• Saltiness
• Tides

What is the periodic rise and fall of the water level in the oceans?

• Tide
• Tidal range
• Spring Tide
• Neap Tide

Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?

• Sun
• Saturn
• Moon 
• Venus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4