Sol 4.7 Ocean

What are ocean currents?

• movement of ocean water from one area to another

• the gravitational pull on the water by the moon

• the daily newspaper of a coastal town

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The salinity of ocean water is determined by

• the depth of the water, melting icebergs, rates of evaporation, and the amount of runoff from nearby land.

• the number of ships on the ocean, pollution, and the number of animals in the ocean.

• the phase of the moon, the amount of moisture in the air, and the amount of trash in the ocean.

What is the part of the ocean where most life is found? This is also the sloping border on the continent that is below the water.

• ocean trench

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

• ocean current

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This is the steep slope to the ocean floor. It's the transition between the continental crust and the oceanic crust.

• trench

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

• continental slope

Label all parts of the ocean floor correctly.

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b

c

d

e

f

g

Seamount

Mid Atlantic Ridge

Continental Slope

Continental Rise

Continental Shelf

Trench

Abyssal Plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Label the Ocean Floor Diagram!

a

b

c

d

Continental Slope

Continental Shelf

Abyssal Plain

Continental Rise

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Label the areas of the ocean floor​

a

b

c

d

e

Abyssal Plain

Continental Self

Continental Slope

Continental Rise

Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Label the parts of the ocean floor.

a

b

c

d

e

continental rise

trench

abyssal plain

continental shelf

continental slope

Label the diagram appropriately

a

b

c

d

Trench

Continental shelf

Abyssal plain

Continental slope

This is a smooth flat surface of the ocean floor.

• ocean trench

• abyssal plain

• tide

• current