"Making Waves" Review

The author wrote this selection to

• entertain the reader with a scary story.

• express an opinion about ocean trash.

• inform readers about ocean currents

• persuade the reader to visit the ocean

The rotation of Earth causes ocean currents to

• become more or less salty.

• bend to the left or right.

• rise to the surface of fall down.

• move from warm to cold areas.

Air and water are alike in that

• they both freeze at the same temperature.

• they both carry nutrients that fish need.

• they both weigh about the same.

• they both rise when heated.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

What does a conveyor belt do?

• forms a border that keeps things from moving freely

• blocks sunlight so it doesn't cause things to fade

• holds things in place so they do not fall

• moves things from one place to another

amount of salt in water

• salinity

• whirlpool

• gyre

• eddy

giant rotation pattern of currents

• salinity

• whirlpool

• gyre

• eddy

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

spinning water caused by two currents in a narrow area

• salinity

• whirlpool

• gyre

• eddy

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

current that runs opposite a larger current

• salinity

• whirlpool

• gyre

• eddy