Density
Rubber Ducky
Climate
All Over the World
Grab Bag
100
This is more dense than warm water.
What is cold water?
100
DAILY DOUBLE!!! This was the reward offered for ducks found along the shoreline of various countries.
What is $100.00?
100
DAILY DOUBLE!!! These currents affect climate around the world.
What are surface currents?
100
These currents carry cold water from the poles toward the equator.
What are deep ocean currents?
100
This is the amount of time it takes for Earth to rotate once.
What is 24 hours?
200
This term describes the amount of salt in water.
What is salinity?
200
This was the speed at which the current was carrying ducks through the Arctic Ocean.
What is 2 kilometers a day?
200
This is the pattern of temperature and precipitation typical of an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
200
DAILY DOUBLE!!! These currents move from the equator toward the poles.
What are surface currents?
200
This is the tendency of an object to resist change in motion.
What is inertia?
300
This is the formula for density.
What is mass divided by volume (or mass over volume)?
300
This is the amount of miles traveled by the ducks who rode the currents for the longest amount of time.
What is 17,000 miles?
300
The Gulf stream causes the mid-Atlantic portion of the U.S. to have this type of a climate.
What is moderate?
300
The Gulf Stream leaves the Gulf of Mexico and enters this ocean.
What is the Atlantic?
300
This system of Earth contains all of Earth's water.
What is hydrosphere?
400
This term describes the amount of space an object takes up.
What is volume?
400
19,000 pf the ducks that fell overboard were first carried by the currents to which three countries?
What are Australia, Indonesia and Chile?
400
This climate event that occurs every two to seven years in the Pacific Ocean and causes a sheet of warm water to move toward the South American coast.
What is El Nino?
400
It take this long for deep currents to circulate between the oceans and back to where they started.
What is 1,000 years?
400
This type of a tide occurs when the Earth, moon and sun are nearly aligned.
What is a spring tide?
500
This type of ocean current is more dense due to salinity and temperature.
What is deep ocean current?
500
How many years did many of the ducks travel on the ocean currents before they reached their final destination in Scotland?
What is 15 years?
500
This is the depth of the Gulf Stream.
What is over 300 meters?
500
This is an area where material deep within the mantle rises through the crust and melts to form magma.
What is a hot spot?
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