Aquatic standardized Test Review 1

Before leaving the lab you should always wash or sanitize your hands.

• True 
• False

The third step of the scientific method that involves making an educated guess about what will happen.

• experiment

• conclusion

• gather information

• question

• hypothesis

A testable answer to a scientific question

• Question
• Observation
• Hypothesis
• Experiment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is an observation?

• A scientific statement based on ideas

• Using your senses to notice what is going on around you

• To be unaware of your surroundings

• The question that you want an answer to.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Upwelling is the process where warm, nutrient rich water from deep in the ocean rises to the surface.

• False
• True

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Upwelling occurs as the _______________ blow warm surface water away from the coast.

• Prevailing Westerlies
• Equatorial Winds
• Trade Winds
• Tropical Winds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Ocean acidification begins with

• pollution from ships

• carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere

• dumping of waste from cities into the ocean

According to this slide CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) is

• causing marine life to die by "poisoning' the water

• destroying sea shells

• formed from the combustion of Octane

As the ocean becomes more acidic, the pH of the water

• increases
• decreases

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Within the carbon cycle, anything that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases.

• carbon sink

• carbon source