Circulation in Earth's Oceans

Another name for the Global Conveyor Belt is _______.

• halinethermal circulation

• thermodensity circulation

• brineformation circulation

• thermohaline circulation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What role do gyres, like the Gulf Stream, play in Earth's climate?

• transporting nutrients from poles to the equator

• transporting heat from high latitudes to low latitudes

• transporting warm Pacific Ocean water to Florida

• transporting heat from equator to poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What factors will determine the direction that sneakers lost from a cargo ship will travel?

• water temperature and salinity

• wind and water temperature

• position of landmasses and water density

• wind, position of landmasses, Coriolis Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why would you expect to find denser water at high latitudes?

• sea ice formation

• evaporation

• rapid glacial melting

• cold water can dissolve more salt and oxygen

Where does upwelling generally occur? Select all that apply.

• Along the coast when wind blows water strongly away from the shore.

• At the equator

• Near Antarctica

• In areas of high evaporation and precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

As plants and animals in the ocean die, the nutrients produced from their decay _____

• are recycled by the Global Conveyor Belt

• sink to the bottom

• are destroyed by sunlight

• become coral reefs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Horizontal movement of water in a regular pattern at the ocean's surface

• Gyres

• Deep Ocean Current

• Surface Current

• Ocean Current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Streamlike movement of ocean water in a regular pattern

• Surface Current

• Deep Ocean Currents

• Ocean Current

• Gyres

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Surface currents flowing in huge circular patterns

• Waves

• Surface Currents

• Gyres

• Deep Ocean Currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Movement of matter due to differences in density

• Convection

• Density

• Mass

• Volume

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6