Bill Nye: Ocean Currents

What is an oceanographer?

• Someone that studies the ocean

• Someone that lives in the ocean

• Someone that doesn't like the ocean

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Heat from the sun does what to water?

• melts it

• steams it

• makes it evaporate

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What causes currents? (2 answers)

• salt water mixes with plain water and pushes the water

• wind

• high temperatures

• boats moving around them

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What holds more heat, water or air?

• water

• air

Why is there so much water in the ocean?

• fish like it salty

• salt keeps the water in place

• salt doesn't evaporate

what does a data marker do?

• mark data

• keep track of currents

• color data

• map data

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How do currents help fish?

• They give them a ride through the water

• They help food travel around the sea

• The fish like watching currents move

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Where are the largest currents located?

• The Great Barrier Reef

• Bay of Fundy

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

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Why aren't lakes and rivers salty?

• rain washes salt into lakes and rivers, but the salt get rinsed down into the ocean.

• The fish eat all the salt

• evaporation takes away the salt

• Rain water doesn't have salt

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Why do the Dead Sea and the Great Salt Lake have so much salt in them?

• It comes from the ground

• Nearby plants leave salt deposits

• They don't have a nearby outlet to wash the salt into

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