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Deep Ocean Currents

Authored by Katie Slattery

Science

6th - 8th Grade

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Deep Ocean Currents
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Why is upwelling (deep water moving to the surface) important?

Upwelling makes the ocean more salty.

Upwelling provides nutrient rich water that sustains life

Upwelling controls the tides

Upwelling helps sailors to navigate the seas

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Two types of ocean currents are

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Salinity is

The salt content of a substance

The Pepper content of a substance

The circulation of hot and cold matter

the weather pattern of a region

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Deep Ocean currents caused by

Global Wind Patterns

Earth's Rotation

Differences in density

All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is colder and less salty.

True

False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What do we call the constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by differences in temperature and salinity?

California Current

Global Conveyor Belt

Surface Currents

Gulf Stream

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where would I find the most dense ocean water?

At the surface

In the middle

At the bottom

Lake Michigan

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