Science Notebook Test 041224

What is the estimated size of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

• About 600,000 square miles

• The size of a small city

• As large as the Atlantic Ocean

• Comparable to the size of Texas

What is a gyre?

• A type of oceanic fish

• Circles of water in the oceans

• A warm ocean current

• A method of measuring wind speed

How is wind speed measured?

• In degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit

• By the Earth's magnetic field

• Miles per hour or kilometers

• In cubic meters per second

What is the Coriolis Effect?

• The warming of the Earth's atmosphere

• The path of wind and water that curves due to the Earth's rotation

• The cooling effect in the polar regions

• The process of water evaporation

What is the main harm to humans of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

• It causes severe weather conditions

• Fish can consume plastics and humans can consume the fish

• It increases global warming

• It leads to the extinction of marine species

What does HALINE mean in Thermohaline circulation?

• Salt
• Heat

• Oxygen

• Microplastics

What does THERMO mean in Thermohaline circulation?

• Heat
• Salt

• Microplastics

• Currents

What is a land breeze?

• A breeze that blows from the ocean to the land.

• A breeze that blows from the land onto the ocean.

• A type of Coriolis Effect caused by the Earth's rotation.

• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

How is wind measured?

• Miles per hour and weight.

• North and South.

• Direction and Speed.

• Height of the wind and it's weight.

What is a sea breeze?

• A breeze from the land onto the ocean.

• A breeze that only occurs at night.

• A breeze from the sea to the land.

• Thermohaline Circulation during a solar eclipse.