Ocean Currents & Shorelines

Ocean Currents & Shorelines

9th - 10th Grade

14 Qs

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Ocean Currents & Shorelines

Ocean Currents & Shorelines

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Social Studies

9th - 10th Grade

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14 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What two factors cause currents? (Pick 2 answers)

Density

Temperature

Wind

Light

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many different gyres are there?

1

4

5

7

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

_______________ are flowing streams of water that move continually through the ocean in a specific direction.

Carrots

Breakers

Currents

Tides

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Currents that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called 
Deep Currents
Convection Currents
Surface Currents
Wave Currents

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
What causes surface currents north and south of the equator to move in different directions? 
Gases in the ocean
The rotation of the Earth
Temperature differences
Continental deflection

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a factor that contributes to the shaping of shorelines?

waves

tides

currents

all of these

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A longshore current is characterized by ___________.

water that approaches the shore head on and washes directly back and forth across the beach.

water that rises vertically at the shore and sinks as it washes further down the beach

water that moves horizontally across the edge of the beach in a back and forth pattern

water that approaches the shore at an angle and washes up and down the beach in a zigzag pattern

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