Ocean Currents Understanding Checkpoint

The two types of ocean currents are _____.

• shallow and deep
• shallow and surface
• surface and deep
• surface and arctic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The amount of salt found in water is _____.

• temperature
• salinity
• pollution
• density

Earth’s _____ causes ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere to curve clockwise.

• orbit around the sun
• spinning on its axis
• magnetic field
• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When a current comes into contact with a continent or landmass it _____.

• continues over the continent
• stops
• changes direction
• is absorbed by the land

Ocean currents have an effect on _____.

• climate and weather
• temperature and weather
• weather and density
• salinity and climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What process brings the deep cold ocean currents up to the surface?

• density
• wind patterns
• temperature
• convection currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The Coriolis Effect is caused by _____.

• Earth rotating around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• the tides
• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Warm ocean currents generally come from the area of the _____.

• north pole
• south pole
• equator
• all of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and the Coriolis Effect.

• surface currents
• deep ocean currents
• Global Conveyor Belt
• convection currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The _____ is a system of constantly moving ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity. It circumnavigates the globe.

• California Current
• Global Conveyor Belt
• surface currents
• Gulf Stream

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6