Thermohaline Circulation

Thermohaline Circulation

9th Grade

15 Qs

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Thermohaline Circulation

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-6, MS-PS1-4, HS-ESS3-5

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

________ and _______ affect the ocean's density and cause the Global Conveyor Belt to travel

gravity and the Coriolis Effect

temperature and salinity

wind and climate

temperature and the Coriolis Effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.

Cold

Warm

Freezing

Fresh

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What are a circular system of currents in the Earth's major oceans?

ocean current

gyre

upwelling

conveyor belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves

clockwise

counter clockwise

both

neither

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When a large surface current has lost a lot of heat due to evaporation, it becomes more cool, ______&_____, so it sinks.

less salty & more dense

less salty & less dense

more salty & less dense

more salty and more dense

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which of the following involves water from deep currents rising to the surface to replace warm currents moving toward the poles?

evaporation

freezing of the surface of the water

upwelling

squeezing solids out of the ice down into the water below

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

DRAW QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Draw a color diagram of what you observe happening in the video. Show what happens to the warm water and the cold water - label this in your explanation

Media Image

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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