Ocean Atmosphere Climate

Ocean water flows in continuous paths called -

• climates

• prevailing winds

• poles

• currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True or false: Ocean currents have no effect on air temperature

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Ocean water, generally, is _______________ near the equator.

• warmer

• colder

• choppy

• more dense

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

If the ocean water is 24 degrees C and the air is 38 degrees C, energy will :

• transfer from the ocean to the air

• remain in the ocean

• transfer from the air to the ocean

• remain in the air

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

If the air temperature is 25 and the ocean temperature is 29 :

• energy will transfer from the ocean to the air

• energy will transfer from the air to the ocean

• no energy will be transferred

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Ocean currents __________ __________ throughout the ocean and atmosphere.

• cause storms

• decrease energy

• increase energy

• transfer energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A climate pattern that happens every 2 to 7 years

• Hurricane season

• El Niño

• Gyre

• Prevailing winds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Warm currents generally originate from the ___________ and cold currents generally originate from the __________.

• Poles, Equator

• Equator, Continents

• Poles, Continents

• Equator, Poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What causes the direction of ocean surface currents?

• Salinity and density differences

• Prevailing winds and obstacles like islands and continents.

• Mostly ship traffic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Energy is transferred -

• from the Sun directly to the air, then some of that energy is transferred to the surface

• from the air to the Sun, then back to the surface

• from the Sun directly to the surface, then some of that energy is transferred to the air

• only from the Sun to oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4