Dynamic Planet

What do the arrows represent in the picture?

• waves

• currents

• tides

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Sea levels rise when glacial ice caps-

• grow

• melt

• migrate

• hit the Titanic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What part of the ocean floor would be most affected by sea level change?

• abyssal plain

• continental shelf

• continental slope

• trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Ocean currents are caused by-

• underwater earthquakes

• human influence

• sun moon and Earth interaction

• density differences

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Continental shorelines generally have a milder climate than locations inland at the same latitude due to-

• ocean water acting as a conductor of heat

• land is a greater storage of heat

• ocean water stores and releases heat more slowly than land

• land masses release hear slower than land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The photograph shows a U-shaped valley. Which agent of erosion most likely produced this valley's shape?

• blowing wind

• ocean waves

• moving ice

• running water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The photograph shows scratched and grooved

bedrock with boulders on its surface. The scratches and grooves were most likely created when

• alternating thawing and freezing of water cracked the bedrock

• flooding from a nearby lake covered the bedrock

• a glacier dragged rocks over the bedrock

• rocks from a landslide slid along the bedrock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A _____ is a mass of snow and ice that moves slowly over the land.

• moraine

• glacier

• till

• u-shaped valley

When a glacier is experiencing more melting than snow accumulation it is said to be in a period of _____.

• glacial retreat 

• glacial advance 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What type of glacier forms in a mountainous area?

• Alpine

• continental

• till

• moraine