Thermohaline Circulation

______ causes deep ocean currents

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• wind

• density differences

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Decreasing ocean temperature causes the density of the water to ______.

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

• fluctuate

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Nutrients are brought to the surface for phytoplankton to use at _______.

• gyres

• eddies

• upwellings

• the equator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which is not true about salty water?

• Floats on top of freshwater

• Higher density

• It has more molecules than freshwater

• It sinks at the bottom of a container

What does the blue line represent in the Thermohaline circulation?

• Warm salty water

• Warm water

• Cold water

• Cold salty water

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What does the red line represent?

• Warm water

• Warm salty water

• Cold water

• Cold salty water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Thermohaline circulation distributes which of the following?

• heat

• nutrients

• carbon dioxide

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which process does NOT lead to a decrease in the salinity of water?

• runoff from land
• precipitation
• sea ice melting
• evaporation

Which pictures shows the correct "Global Conveyor Belt"?

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