Marine Earth

When the wind blows out of an area, water moves towards the surface bringing nutrients in a process called

• Upwelling

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Downwelling

Sort the conditions for El Nino and La Nina

Groups:

(a) El Nino

,

(b) La Nina

• Stronger Tradewinds

• Lots of Upwelling for S. America

• Wetter in East Pacific

• Warmer in West Pacific

• Colder in West Pacific

• Weaker Tradewinds

• Less Upwelling for S. America

• Drier in East Pacific

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the type of littoral zone with its description

• Less erosion, shallow/no slope, organics

• Estuary

• Least likely to erode, made of rocks

• Delta

• Protected area, brackish water, murky

• Muddy shore

• Lots of sedimentation, changes over time

• Rocky shore

• Constantly in motion, finer sediments

• Sandy shore

Select the moon phases that happen during a neap tide.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Shorelines are always changing due to what:

• Waves

• Tides

• Currents

• Earth’s rotation

What are some depositional features of a shoreline?

• Spit

• Tombolo

• Sand dunes

• Barrier island

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The rising of sea levels will have astronomical effects on coastal living spaces.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

Deep-ocean basins contain:

• All of the ocean is a deep ocean

• Deep-sea trenches

• Abyssal planes

• Mid-ocean ridges

What hydrothermal vent ejects hotter material?

• Black smoker

• White smoker

What type of sediment comes from elements in the seawater?

• Terrigenous Sediments

• Biogenous Sedimets

• Hydrogenous Sediments

• Chemigenous Sediments