Oceans

If water is evaporated from the ocean, where would the salinity be the highest?

• at the surface

• in moving waves

• at the bottom of the ocean

• in cold water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

You ask to bring home an ocean creature, but you are told it will not survive in your environment at home. Why is this?

• it is warmer at the beach

• the creature needs salt water

• they need sand from the beach

• there are fewer predators

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the deepest part of the ocean?

• sand

• abyssal plain

• continental slope

• trench

Nothing can live on the ocean floor

• true

• false

tides and currents both ______________

• involve the motion of ocean water

• are influenced by gravity

• have a "low" and "high"

• are impactd by salinity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

select all that are ocean producers

• phytoplankton

• tuna

• whales

• algae

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which is most similar to a plant?

• sea otter

• jellyfish

• algae

• salmon

Extreme weather events cause currents

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Ocean water is a mixture of gases, water, and dissolved solids.

• true

• false

To live in deep oceans, organisms have to adapt to what? Select all that apply

• low temperature

• low pressure

• high pressure

• high temperature