HCS Oceans Assessment

Choose 4 events that can impact the level of salinity in the ocean water.

• Evaporation

• Melting of an iceberg

• Rain water running off the land

• Depth of the water

• Speed of the wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

In this food web, which is true?

• The Florida Gar is a producer.

• The small fish are decomposers.

• The shrimp are eaten by the Florida Gar.

• Plankton are eaten by algae.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which animals would be most directly impacted if plankton were to die out?

• Largemouth Bass and Frogs

• Largemouth Bass and Algae

• Insects and Shrimp

• Small fish and Florida Gar

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Match the organisms with whether they are floating, swimming, or non-moving.

• Coral

• non-moving

• Phytoplankton

• floating

• Squid

• swimming

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What part of ocean water do marine organisms depend on for survival?

• Dissolved gases

• Sediments

• Seaweed

• Decaying animal matter

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which of the following marine organisms can be classified as producers? Choose 2 correct answers.

• Phytoplankton

• Seaweed

• Sharks

• Flounder

• Crabs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This is an angler fish. This organism produces light from its rod-like flesh coming from its forehead. It uses this adaptation to lure its prey out of the dark. What inference can you make about where this marine organism lives?

• This fish can live anywhere because it has its own light.

• This fish lives near the continental shelf and gets its light from the sun.

• This fish will live best on the continental slope.

• This fish lives in an ocean trench because it is the deepest, darkest area of the ocean.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which of the following best represents the abyssal plain?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following best represents the continental shelf?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which of the following best represents an ocean trench?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3