Circulation

Nutrients are brought to the surface for phytoplankton to use at _______.

• gyres

• eddies

• upwellings

• the equator

Thermohaline circulation distributes which of the following?

• heat

• nutrients

• carbon dioxide

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

As currents warm near the equator, the currents

• float

• circulate

• sink

• rise

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

driving forces behind weather and climate

• salinity, temperature

• Sun, convection

• Moon, radiation

• Hurricanes, conduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This chamber of the heart pumps the blood from the heart to the lungs through the pulmonary artery

• Right Atrium

• Left Atrium

• Right Ventricle

• Left Ventricle

Type of circulation that refers to the blood flowing through the entire body?

• Systemic circulation

• Renal circulation

• Portal circulation

• Pulmonary circulation

The type of blood vessel where exchange of gases, nutrients, and wastes occurs?

• arteries

• capillaries

• veins

What is the function of the aorta in the circulatory system?

• Carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body

• Carries deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart

• Exchanges gases, nutrients, and wastes

• Removes waste from the body

As the blood reaches the lungs, what is removed from the blood?

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

This chamber of the heart RECEIVES blood returning from the body

• Right Atrium

• Right Ventricle

• Left Atrium

• Left Ventricle