Thermocline, Halocline, and Pycnocline
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Science
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9th - 12th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Medium
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Monika Roque
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18 questions
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1.
SLIDE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
2.
SLIDE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a Cline?
A steep Gradient
A small Gradient
A Gallon of ocean Water
A type of fish
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What causes the thermocline?
A steep change in salinity
Minimal change in salinity
A steep change in temperature
minimal change in temperature
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
5.
DRAW QUESTION
15 mins • 5 pts
Make your own thermocline
Go to windy.com, hit more layers, click on sea temperature, then write and plot the temperature off the coast of NC on the line beside the 600ft marker. Next, google the average temperature of the ocean at 3,300 ft and plot that temperature on the line beside the 3,300 ft line.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
NGSS.MS-PS1-4
NGSS.MS-PS3-4
6.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 2 pts
Where in the world do you think there isn't a thermocline?
Hint: somewhere the surface temperature matches the deep ocean temperatures.
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Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS2-5
7.
SLIDE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
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