Ocean Currents, Pollution, + Climate

DEEP CURRENTS are caused by...

• movement of the jet stream

• differences in temperature + salinity

  (DENSITY)

• rotation of Earth

• differences in animal species

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This diagram shows Earth's major ocean currents.

Which of the following causes the current to MOVE IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN?

• Coriolis Effect

• Butterfly Effect

• temperature differences

• density differences

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is the GLOBAL OCEAN CONVEYOR BELT showing deep, density currents.

What is TRUE about these currents?

• they prevent tsunamis from occurring

• they influence climate by distributing energy from the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The Sun heats up Earth's equator more than the poles.

THIS HEAT IS MOVED AROUND THE GLOBE BY ____________.

• ocean currents

• aquatic plants

• surface winds

• tectonic plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

WATER HOLDS HEAT!

This allows ocean to....

• prevent rapid extreme temperature changes on nearby land

• form high pressure areas that cause magma

• provide energy to create volcanoes

• lower the freezing point of freshwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which statement is TRUE?

HINT: Use the image to help you!

• water (oceans) hold heat more efficiently than land

• ocean currents move faster than land currents

• ocean currents move up and down in the air to touch the clouds

Which of the following can be TRANSPORTED by ocean currents?

• trash

• heat (solar energy)

• trash AND heat (solar energy)

• nothing

BREEZES are NAMED from where they _______________.

• travel to

• come from

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

BREEZES are _______ gusts of air or wind that come from the sea or land.

• warm

• cool

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

During the DAY a SEA BREEZE forms.

Which of the following describes this breeze?

• the wind blows FROM the COLD LAND in a ZIG ZAG PATH

• the wind blows FROM the COLD SEA in a CIRCULAR PATH

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6