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Earth's Waters

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

6th Grade

NGSS covered

Earth's Waters
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The large, circular surface-current pattern found in each ocean.

California Current

Surface Current

Gyre

Global Conveyor Belt

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Mariana __________ is the deepest known place on Earth

Volcano

Seamount

Ridge

Trench

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Scientists use ______ to determine the oceans depth.

Submarines

Sonar

Helicopters

Radiowaves

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The gradually sloping part of a continent that extends under the ocean is the...

continental slope

continental shelf

abyssal plain

trench

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What do you call an underwater mountain?

trench

abyssal plain

seamount

volcanic island

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is an aquifer?

a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.

a well in which water is under pressure especially : one in which the water flows to the surface naturally.

confining layer

solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is an artesian well?

an aquifer below the land surface that is saturated with water with layers of impermeable material are both above and below.

a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.

a well in which water is under pressure especially : one in which the water flows to the surface naturally

solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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