Human Impact
Surface Currents
Deep Ocean Currents
Cells
Wild Card
100
What material is most commonly found in the Great Garbage Patch?
Plastic
100
What drives the surface currents?
The Wind
100
What creates the Deep Ocean Currents?
The difference in temperature and salinity
100
Put these in order from simple to complex:
Organ
Cell
Organelle
Atom
1. Atom
2. Organelle
3. Cell
4. Organ
100
What is a consumer?
a person who acquires goods and services for his or her own personal needs
200
Where is the largest Garbage patch located?
In the North Pacific gyre
200
Currents are vital to maintaining earth's temperature. Explain why.
The currents transports cool water from the north and south poles to the equator, cooling the areas down. They also transport warm water from the equator to the colder places
200
What does "salinity" mean?
The amount of salt in the water.
200
Which organelle acts to store waste in the cell and helps maintains water balance?
The vacuole
200
Who is August Ahrens' school nurse?
Ms. Julie
300
What causes ocean acidification?
Excess carbon emissions in the air are absorbed by the oceans causing pH levels to rise which leads to coral and other shellfish to die
300
How many major ocean gyres are there on planet Earth?
Five
300
Why are Deep Ocean Currents important?
The currents help nutrients travel up from the bottom of the ocean to the surface so that plankton can feed.
300
If a cell has chloroplasts, what kind of cell MUST it be?
A plant cell
300
All living things have this
Cells
400
Name a company that is both helping the pollution problem as well as making a profit
Answers may vary
400
What makes traveling long distances around the Earth appear to move at a curse as opposed to a straight line called?
Coriolis Effect
400
What doe Deep Oceans Current and the Surface Currents have in common?
Answers may vary. They both help regulate the temperatures around the world and transport nutrients from place to place.
400
Think about the nucleus, what objects could represent this? Explain
Answers may vary
400
Who taught 5th grade in B1 last year?
Mrs. Young
500
Why does the trash in the ocean concentrate in a specific place and NOT spread out across the whole ocean?
Trash gets caught by the surface current gyres which rotate in a circular motion, trapping it into a specific area.
500
How many garbage patches are there in the world?
5. One for every gyre
500
How is global climate change affecting the deep ocean currents
The rising temperatures are slowing down the conveyor belt.
500
What is the difference between a plant cell and an animal cell
Answers may vary
500
Name all the teachers in 6th grade
Mrs. Anzai, Mrs. Rios, Ms. Rheza, Mr. Ulep, Ms. Malaluan, Ms. Young, Ms. Ichimura, Mr. Hirota