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Two important factors that affect the density of ocean currents
a) density and temperature
b) temperature and salinity
c) convergent and divergent
d) density and transform

When this does not happen the nutrients from the ocean's bottom do not surface and the fish population suffer.
a) drought
b) tsunamis
c) upwelling
d) polarity

The movement of Earth's plates can cause natural disasters such as
a) hurricanes, tornados, and volcanos
b) earthquake, volcano, and floods
c) drought, earthquake, and floods
d) earthquake, tsunami, and volcano

Name the two theories that contributed to the Plate Tectonics Theory
a) Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Theory
b) Seafloor Spreading and Plate Tectonics Theory
c) Continental Drift Theory and Seafloor Spreading Theory
d) Plate Tectonics Theory

Fossils are only found in which type of rock
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d)

Igneous rock that cools slowly and has large crystrals
a) extrusive
b) lava
c) intrusive
d) upwelling

Igneous rock that cools quickly and has small crystals
a) extrusive
b) lave
c) intrusive
d) upwelling

The way Earth's rotation affects wind and ocean currents
a) upwelling
b) Continental Drift
c) Coriolis Effect
d) Plate Tectonics

A periodic change in oceanic and atmospheric conditions, causing unusually warm surface water
a) upwelling
b) El Nino
c) La Nina
d) subduction

Current theory that describes how Earth's crust is broken into plates that float on the earth's mantle later is called the
a) Seafloor Spreadin Theory
b) Continental Drift Theory
c) Plate Tectonics Theory
d)

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