Gyres

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12th Grade
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Lisa Thompson
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1.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
All Ocean Gyres travel _________ in the NORTHERN hemisphere.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
2.
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1 min • 1 pt
All ocean gyres travel _______ _________ in the SOUTHERN hemisphere
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Under the influence of the Coriolis effect, wind-driven surface currents combine into huge circular systems called
convections
el nino
la nina
gyres
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is shown by the yellow ? on the map?
gyres
deep currents
trade winds
El Niño
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Because of the Coriolis Effect, ocean currents in the Southern Hemisphere rotate which direction?
Clockwise
Counter-Clockwise
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Because of the Coriolis Effect, ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere rotate which direction?
clockwise
counter-clockwise
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
7.
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1 min • 1 pt
Huge, slow moving currents that flow in a vortex.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
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