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Unit 5 – Oceanograpy
Earth Science 335
NGSS
Standard
Expectation
Section
Describe the topography of the ocean floor
14.1
and compare it to land.
Explain the formation of new ocean floor at
14.2
deep-ocean trenches, abyssal plains, and midocean ridges.
List the three types of ocean floor sediments.
14.3
Identify ocean resources.
14.4
List the sources of salt in ocean water.
15.1
List the factors used to divide the ocean into
15.2
marine zones.
List the factors that influence a region’s
15.3
photosynthetic productivity.
Describe the different types of ocean
16.1
currents.
Describe how ocean waves get their energy
16.2
and the factors that determine the
characteristics of a wave.
Explain the forces that produce tides.
16.2
Describe the processes that form shoreline
16.3
features and the structures that can be built to
protect a shoreline.
* No NGSS high school standards match these learning expectations
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