Global Winds and Ocean Currents

Global Winds and Ocean Currents

8th - 10th Grade

25 Qs

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Global Winds and Ocean Currents

Global Winds and Ocean Currents

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th - 10th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-6, MS-ESS2-4, MS-PS1-4

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Mandi Lueck

Used 21+ times

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Currents that are far beneath the surface of the ocean are called:

deep ocean currents

surface currents

global conveyor belt

global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Surface currents move because of trade winds, westerlies, and easterlies.

false

true

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

These are long rivers of air that move rapidly and form between two air masses.

Trade winds

Jet stream

Easterlies

Westerlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The way Earth's rotation makes the winds curve is called:

Coriolis effect

Thermohaline circulation

Global conveyor belt

Gyres

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

These are the winds that blow from the west to the east:

westerlies

easterlies

trade winds

jet stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Due to the Coriolis Effect, gyres in the northern hemisphere move:

clockwise

counter clockwise

northwest

southeast

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Due to the Coriolis Effect, gyres in the southern hemisphere move:

clockwise

counter-clockwise

northwest

southeast

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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