| A | B |
|---|
| oceanographer | scientist who studies the ocean |
| salinity | the amt of dissolved salts in ocean water |
| surface zone | zone where ocean water is mixed by waves and currents |
| thermocline | zone in which the temperature of the ocean water drops rapidly |
| deep zone | area of extremely cold ocean water below the thermocline |
| shoreline | boundary where the land and the ocean meet |
| continental margin | area where the underwater edge of a continent meets the ocean floor |
| continental shelf | relatively flat part of a continental margin that's covered by shallow ocean water |
| continental slope | part of the continental margin at the edge of a continental shelf where the ocean floore plunges steeply 4-5 km |
| continental rise | part of a continental margin that separates a continental slope from the ocean floor |
| turbidity current | flow of ocean water that carries large amounts of sediments |
| submarine canyon | deep, v-shaped valley cut in the rock through a continental shelf and slope |
| abyssal plain | large, flat areas on the ocean floor |
| seamounts | underwater volcanic mountain |
| guyots | flat-topped seamounts |
| trench | v-shaped valley on the ocean floor where old ocean floor is subducted; a destructive plate boundary |
| midocean ridge | undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a constructive plate boundary |
| coral reef | large mass of limestone rocks surrounding a volcanic island in tropical waters near a continental shelf |
| fringing reef | coral reef that touches the shoreline of a volcanic island |
| barrier reef | ? |
| atoll | ? |
| plankton | ? |
| nekton | ? |
| benthos | ? |
| intertidal zone | ? |
| neritic zone | ? |
| bathyal zone | ? |
| abyssal zone | ? |
| crest | ? |
| trough | ? |
| wavelength | ? |
| tsunami | ? |
| surface current | ? |
| deep current | ? |
| upwelling | ? |
| the ___, ___, and ___ oceans are the three major oceans | atlantic, pacific, indian |
| ocean water is a mixture of __ and __ dissolved in pure water | gases, solids |
| ocean water is classified into 3 zones based on ___: ___ zone, ____, and ___ zone | surface, thermocline, deep |
| a continental margin consists of a ___ ___, a ___ ___, and a ____ ___. | continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise |
| major features of the ocean floor include ___ plains, ___, ___, ___, _____ ridges, rift valleys, and ___ | abyssal, seamounts, guyots, trenches, midocean, reefs |
| ocean life forms are classified by ___ and ___ in which they live | habits, depth |
| the 3 major ocean life zones are the ___, ___, and ___-___ zones | intertidal, neritic, open ocean |
| the ocean floore is mapped by ___ ____, ____, ____, and ______ ____ | echo sounding, radar, sonar |
| motions of the ocean include ____, ____, and ____ | waves, currents, tides |
| waves have the following charecteristics: ___, ___, ___, ___ ___, ____ ____, and ___ ____ | crests, troughs, wavelength, wave height, wave period, wave frequency |
| surface currents are caused mainly by ___ ___; deep currents by differences in ____ of ocean water | wind patterns, density |
| tides are the regular ___ and ____ of ocean water caused by the gravitational attraction among the ___, ____, and ____ | earth, moon, sun |
