Oceanography (6th grade)

Study of Earth's oceans

• Oceanography

• Ocean systems

• Ocean functions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What percent of the earth's surface is covered by water?

• 95%

• 5%

• 71%

• 25$

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are the five oceans?

• Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, Indian, Southern

• Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern

• Artic, Pacific, Atlantic, Southern, Gulf Shores

Also known as bathymetry, the features that can be found on the ocean floor

• Ocean floor topography

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Rise

the gently sloping section of the continental margin located between the continental slope and the abyssal plain

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Rise

• Continental Slope

A smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor

• Mid-ocean Ridge

• Abyssal Plain

• Rift Valley

An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed

• Mid-ocean Ridge

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Shelf

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

steep depressions in the deepest parts of the ocean where old ocean crust is pushed beneath another tectonic plate

• Seamount

• Deep Ocean Trench

• Volcanic Island

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a volcanic mountain rising from the ocean floor that doesn't reach the surface

• Seamount

• Volcanic Island

• Deep Ocean Trench

an island formed when an underwater volcano builds up enough lava and ash to rise above sea level

• Volcanic Island

• The Hawaiian Islands

• Seamount