A | B |
Wall of Rocks built out into the ocean | Jetty |
Up-and-down movement of surface water | Wave |
Repeated rise and fall in the level of the ocean | Tide |
Stream of water that flows like a river through the ocean | current |
Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | scuba |
Area where ocean and land meet | shore |
Small underwater vehicle | submersible |
Rocky point along a shore | headline |
Pool of sea water found along a rocky shoreline | tide pool |
Removal of salt from sea water | desalination |
sound waves that can be used to map the ocean floor | sonar |
Weight of water pressing on an object | water pressure |
Percent of salt in ocean water | salinity |
When a submarine explores the ocean bottom, this is the type of currents that affect it. | deep-ocean currents |
The water in a wave moves in a | circle |
WInd blows over the surface of the water and forms | Waves |
Differences in this cause deep-ocean currents | water temperature |
The name of the submersible scientists used to discover the presence of vents along the mid-Atlantic ridge was. | Alvin |
This flows away from the beach | Rip current |
This is used to measure the depth of the ocean | Sonar |