Oceans Review

Oceans Review

12th Grade

25 Qs

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Oceans Review

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

12th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-6, MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS1-1

+6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Where is the Challenger Deep, the deepest portion of the Earth's ocean, located?

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Answer explanation

The Challenger Deep is part of a submarine trench called the "Marianas Trench"

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What type of currents are potentially dangerous to swimmers, because they rapidly carry water offshore quickly?

Surface Currents

Longshore Currents

Deep Currents

Rip Currents

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Where does salt in the oceans come from?

Near-shore salt deposits

River inflow

mid-ocean ridges

deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Answer explanation

Remember, rivers do the work of weather in and erosion on land, and they carry many dissolved ions into the ocean. When that water evaporates from the ocean, it leaves the dissolved ions behind, leaving the oceans to be salty.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The surface of the Earth is covered by ___ % salt water.

49

65

71

82

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The two most common ions in seawater are...

Magnesium

Calcium

Sodium

Chloride

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

6.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The yearly weather at a site on the coast is most likely more ​ (a)   than a site that is inland 100 miles.

moderate

extreme

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What has the strongest influence on the tides?

The Moon's Gravity

The Earth's Rotation

The Sun's Gravity

Wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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