L 2.4: Ocean Currents

What causes wind?

• THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH

• UNEVEN HEATING OF EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE BY THE SUN

• THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF THE MOON ON EARTH

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True or False: Wind causes surface currents.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Choose all the factors that affect surface ocean currents.

• CORIOLIS EFFECT

• CONTINENTAL DEFLECTION

• CONVECTION

• GLOBAL WINDS

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the movement of water that helps to feed and support living organisms shown in this picture?

• CONVECTION CURRENT

• DEEP CURRENT

• UPWELLING

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What factor does the diagram below illustrate?

• CONTINENTAL DEFLECTION

• CONVECTION CELL

• CORIOLIS EFFECT

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The currents in the NORTHERN hemisphere move...

• UP AND TO THE RIGHT

• UP AND TO THE LEFT

• CLOCKWISE

• COUNTERCLOCKWISE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The currents in the SOUTHERN hemisphere move...

• UP AND TO THE RIGHT

• UP AND TO THE LEFT

• CLOCKWISE

• COUNTERCLOCKWISE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True or False: The rotation of the Earth on its axis causes the Coriolis Effect.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Any movement of matter (fluid) that results from differences in density.

• SURFACE CURRENT

• CONVECTION CURRENT

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

COLD water...

• more dense

• less dense

• rises

• sinks

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4