Oceans Review

When water evaporates from the surface of the ocean...

• salt evaporates into the atmosphere

• salt is left behind increasing the salinity

• salt dissolves into the water

• fresh water is left behind decreasing salinity

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Which of the following are causes of currents? Choose the 2 correct answers.

• the depth of the ocean

• wind patterns

• animal migration patterns

• moon's gravitational pull

• differences in densities that include salinity & temperature

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The Gulf Stream Current helps regulate which of the following?

• How much the sun shines on the Northern Hemisphere

• Climate and temperatures on the East Coast of the United States

• The amount of ocean organisms in an area

• The depth of the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The moon's gravitational pull on Earth is the main cause of...

• Tides

• Currents

• Waves

• The Gulf Stream

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What conclusion can be drawn about ocean plants only being found in the first 100 meters of the ocean?

• Plants need water and nutrients to survive.

• Plants need to be in a dark environment.

• Plants cannot withstand the pressure of the deep ocean.

• Plants need sunlight for photosynthesis to survive.

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A shark is an example of....

• A swimming organism

• A non-moving organism

• A floating organism

• A plant

Plankton is an example of...

• A swimming organism

• A non-moving organism

• A floating organism

• An evil organism

Coral is an example of...

• A swimming organism

• A non-moving organism

• A floating organism

• Food

Which two parts of the ocean floor has the least number of living organisms? (Choose 2)

• Oceanic Trench

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Shelf

• Volcanic Island

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Which answer

gives the correct

order of an ocean

food chain?

• Mussels,

  seagull, fish,

  zooplankton

• Octopus,

  limpets, starfish,

  shark

• Phytoplankton,

  zooplankton,

  shark, fish

• Phytoplankton,

  mussels, octopus,

  human

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