A | B |
Why some areas of ocean are saltier | Evaporation |
The cause of surface waves in the ocean | Wind |
Areas where salt and fresh water mixes | Estuaries |
Seamounts | Isolated volcanoes on the seafloor |
Abyssal Plains | The flat portions of the seafloor |
Mid-Ocean Ridges | Where new crust is formed |
Trenches | Deepest part of the earth's surface |
Continental Slope | Steep area where ocean depth increased rapidly |
Pacific Ocean | The ocean with the most trenches |
Atlantic Ocean | Ocean with the most abyssal plains |
Continental Shelf | Shallow zone of ocean that is submerged continent |
Tides | Daily periodic changes in sea level caused by gravitational forces |
Chesapeake Bay | An example of an estuary |
Hawaii | An example of a seamount |
crest | the top part of a wave |
trough | the bottom part of a wave |
salinity | the amount of salt in water |