Ocean Characteristics & Ocean Food Chains

A large stream of water that flows through the ocean.

• Tide

• Wave

• Current

• Wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The daily changes (rise and fall) of ocean water.

• Upwelling
• Wave
• Tides
• Wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The area of continuous moving water through a body of water at the main surface.

• Waves

• Tides

• Currents

• Wind

This causes a wave and surface currents.

• Wind
• Tides
• Moon
• Upwelling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Ocean tides are mainly caused by the gravitational pull from the __________.

• Sun
• Moon
• Water
• Seafloor

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Surface currents are caused by ___________.

• temperature and salinity
• wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What are the three motions of the ocean?

• continental shelf, continental rise, continental slope
• waves, tides, currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

As oceans become deeper, the water pressure ___________________.

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

Ocean water contains dissolved salt, known as ___________.

• tides

• salinity

• depth

• currents

TRUE or FALSE

Salinity of ocean water is not the same everywhere.

• TRUE

• FALSE