Ocean Literacy

The world's ocean covers approximately ___ percentage of the Earth's surface.

• 35%
• 70%
• 50%
• 95%

Where does most of the oxygen on Earth come from?

• Land plants (tropical rain forest)
• ocean plants (phytoplankton)
• air
• animals

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

We are dependent on the ocean

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What percentage of marine debris is from land-based sources?

• 80%
• 72%
• 59%
• 35%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What percent of the Earths water is fresh?

• 97

• 75

• 25

• 3

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Considered nurseries for the ocean

• lakes

• lagoons

• ocean basins

• estuaries

Largest animal in the ocean

• giant squid

• humpback whale

• great white shark

• blue whale

If water evaporates from the ocean, why isn't rain salty?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What drives our weather and climate?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Most of the carbon dioxide is absorbed in the :

• atmosphere

• ocean

• soil

• rivers/lakes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3