Ocean Waves and Currents

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Science
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6th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Look at the picture. Which of the following statements best explains why the city of Hopedale is cooler than the city of Stornoway?
Hopedale has a longer duration of isolation each day.
Hopedale is influenced by a cold ocean current.
Stornoway is farther from the equator
Stornoway is on a different continent
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which best describes the Gulf Stream?
A cold ocean current that cools the weather off near Australia.
A cold ocean current that helps decrease global warming.
A warm ocean current that influences weather along the east coast of the U.S. and up toward Europe.
A warm ocean current that influences weather in Cuba and moves toward Antarctica.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do deep ocean currents form?
The form as warm, dense water sinks and flows beneath cold ocean water.
They form as cold, dense water sinks and flows beneath warm ocean water.
They form as warm, dense water sinks and flows with other warm ocean water.
The wind blows causing the deep ocean currents.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following does NOT affect surface currents?
strength of the wind
presence of the wind
latitude and longitude
speed of the wind
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of currents are potentially dangerous to swimmers, because they rapidly carry water offshore quickly?
Surface Currents
Longshore Currents
Deep Currents
Rip Currents
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An intense, warm ocean current in the western North Atlantic Ocean is the
doldrums
jet stream
gulf stream
Greenhouse effect
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Compared with surface currents, deep currents are
colder and less dense.
warmer and less dense.
warmer and denser.
colder and denser.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
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