Currents and Coastlines

A coastline is...

• where there's a high level of contamination

• where people go on holiday

• where the land meets the water

• where the beach is

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• There's one low and one high tide each day.

• There's a high tide one day, and a low tide the next day.

• There are two high tides and two low tides each day.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Select all the correct options

• The currents in the middle transfer heat to the poles

• The currents in the poles are colder

• The colder currents are at the top

• The hoter currents are at the bottom

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does the blue line represent in the Thermohaline circulation?

• Warm salty water

• Warm water

• Cold water

• Cold salty water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Two types of ocean currents are

• local and global
• sea and land
• surface and deep
• warm and cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Surface currents are mainly caused by

• The Coriolis Effect
• Cold and Warm Water
• Convection
• Wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Ocean currents move energy in the form of

• Salt
• Water
• Heat
• Oxygen

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

________ and _______ affect the ocean's density and cause the Global Conveyor Belt to travel

• gravity and the Coriolis Effect

• temperature and salinity

• wind and climate

• temperature and the Coriolis Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The top of a wave is its

• trough

• crest

• wave height

• wave length