Oceans and Waterways-ESS Week 2

The process of water moving from the Earth to the atmosphere and back again is called the _____?

• water cycle

• Earth cycle

• atmosphere cycle

• life cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How do experts choose the best shipping routes to ship goods across the ocean on a boat?

• They study weather patterns

• They study currents and wind patterns

• They study the length of the day

• They study popular destinations

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What happens when the slightest change happens in an ecosystem?

• Nothing happens.

• It affects part of the system.

• It affects the whole system.

• The ecosystem ignores the change.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following was Matthew Maury's greatest accomplishment?

• Maury sailed around the world in the fastest time.

• Maury discovered the smallest member of the ocean's food chain.

• Maury learned how to create maps.

• Maury mapped the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

How much of the Earth is covered with water in the hydrosphere?

• about 75 percent

• less than 1 percent

• about 2 percent

• more than 97 percent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What might happen if smaller fish had to leave one area of the ocean because the temperature changed?

• The small fish would eat the plankton

• The large animals might lose their food source

• The ocean waves might change

• The plants in that area could not survive

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is missing from the following food chain:

sun---- __?__ ---- plankton ---- fish and ocean animals

• sharks

• whales

• decaying plants and animals

• microscopic organisms

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What would be an appropriate title for the following:

sun----tiny organisms----plankton----fish and ocean animas

• Ocean Food Chain

• Land Food Chain

• Life Cycle

• Earth Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

_____ is a large, salty body of water.

• Food Chain

• Plankton

• Ocean

• Evaporation

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS2-2

The process in which larger creatures eat small creatures or plants is called a _____.

• water cycle

• ecosystem

• marine snow

• food chain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3