Ocean Currents Review

Ocean Currents Review

7th - 10th Grade

30 Qs

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Ocean Currents Review

Ocean Currents Review

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th - 10th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-6, MS-LS2-3, MS-ESS2-4

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Reid

Used 28+ times

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30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Two types of ocean currents are
local and global
sea and land
surface and deep
warm and cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Surface Ocean currents are primarily caused by

temperature and salinity

Global Wind Patterns

convection

continental drift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Deep Ocean currents are primarily caused by

temperature and salinity

wind

gravity

precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

which of these characteristics will produce the most dense water?

high salinity, high temperature

high salinity, low temperature

low salinity, high temperature

low salinity, low temperature

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Differences in water temperature create movement in the Ocean because

bodies of water at different temperature have different densities.

warm water is pulled more by the force of gravity then cold water is.

warm and cold water mix until they reach the same temperature.

The ocean just likes to "move-it move-it".

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The movement of deep, cold, nutrient filled water to the surface of the ocean is..

Ocean Current

Upwelling

Deep Currents

Surface Currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which statement best describes how nutrients move in the ocean as a result of upwelling?
Nutrients move from estuaries into the intertidal zone.
Nutrients move from warm, shallow areas to deep, colder areas.
Nutrients move from the neritic zone to the intertidal zone.
Nutrients move from deep, colder areas to warm, shallow areas.

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