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5. Topic 1 Question / Replace the underlined words with the correct vocab. word: / Wind creates a horizontal current at the top of the ocean. / A. surface currentC. tide / B. upwellingD. wave / Replace the underlined words with the correct vocab. word: / Wind creates a horizontal current at the top of the ocean. / A. surface currentC. tide / B. upwellingD. wave

6. Topic 1 Answer A. Surface current

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8. Topic 2 Question / Where might ocean water have originated? / A. salt marchesC. volcanoes / B. basinsD. surface currents / Where might ocean water have originated? / A. salt marchesC. volcanoes / B. basinsD. surface currents

9. Topic 2 Answer / B. basins

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11. Topic 3 Question / How does chlorine enter the oceans? / A. volcanoes / B. rivers / C. density currents / D. groundwater / How does chlorine enter the oceans? / A. volcanoes / B. rivers / C. density currents / D. groundwater

12. Topic 3 Answer / A. volcanoes

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14. Topic 4 Question / What causes most surface currents? / A. density differences / B. the Gulf Stream / C. salinity / D. wind / What causes most surface currents? / A. density differences / B. the Gulf Stream / C. salinity / D. wind

15. Topic 4 Answer / D. wind

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17. Topic 5 Question / What is the highest point on a wave called? / A. wave heightC. trough / B. crestD. wavelength / What is the highest point on a wave called? / A. wave heightC. trough / B. crestD. wavelength

18. Topic 5 Answer / B. crest

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20. Topic 6 Question / In the ocean, what is the rhythmic movement that carries energy through seawater? / A. currentC. wave / B. crestD. upwelling / In the ocean, what is the rhythmic movement that carries energy through seawater? / A. currentC. wave / B. crestD. upwelling

21. Topic 6 Answer / C. wave

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23. Topic 7 Question / Which of the following causes the density of seawater to increase? / A. a decrease in temperature / B. a decrease in salinity / C. an increase in temperature / D. a decrease in pressure / Which of the following causes the density of seawater to increase? / A. a decrease in temperature / B. a decrease in salinity / C. an increase in temperature / D. a decrease in pressure

24. Topic 7 Answer / A. a decrease in temperature

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26. Topic 8 Question / In which direction does the Coriolis effect cause currents in the northern hemisphere to turn? / A. east / B. south / C. counterclockwise / D. clockwise / In which direction does the Coriolis effect cause currents in the northern hemisphere to turn? / A. east / B. south / C. counterclockwise / D. clockwise

27. Topic 8 Answer / D. clockwise

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29. Topic 9 Question / Tides are affected mostly by the positions of which celestial bodies? / A. Earth and the Moon / B. Earth, the Moon, and the Sun / C. Venus, Earth, and Mars / D. the Sun, Earth, and Mars / Tides are affected mostly by the positions of which celestial bodies? / A. Earth and the Moon / B. Earth, the Moon, and the Sun / C. Venus, Earth, and Mars / D. the Sun, Earth, and Mars

30. Topic 9 Answer / A. Earth and the Moon

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32. Topic 10 Question / What affects surface currents? / A. crests / B. upwellings / C. the Coriolis effect / D. tides / What affects surface currents? / A. crests / B. upwellings / C. the Coriolis effect / D. tides

33. Topic 10 Answer / C. the Coriolis effect

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35. Million Dollar Question Topic 11 Ocean ions

36. 1,000,000 Question / What is the most common ion found in ocean water?

37. 1,000,000 Answer / Chloride

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