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Understanding Whirlpools and Ocean Currents

Understanding Whirlpools and Ocean Currents

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

4th - 5th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Nancy Jackson

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What humorous comparison is made about the ocean in the video?

A large bathtub

A giant swimming pool

A giant toilet

A massive aquarium

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What natural phenomenon is a whirlpool compared to?

A tsunami

A small tornado

A flood

A hurricane

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term used for the hole seen in a whirlpool?

Current

Downdraft

Vortex

Swirl

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where can whirlpools typically form?

Only in lakes

Only in oceans

In large bodies of water, rivers, and lakes

Only in rivers

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a common myth about whirlpools?

They are harmless to swimmers

They can sink large ships

They only occur in the ocean

They are visible from space

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a 'malstrom'?

A type of ocean current

A weather phenomenon

A powerful whirlpool

A type of fish

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the enormous whirlpool legend in Canada?

The Great Whirlpool

The Old Sow

The Canadian Vortex

The Moose Island Swirl

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