| A | B |
|---|
| Low area on Earth in which an ocean formed when the area filled with water from torrential rains | Basin |
| Collapsing ocean wave that forms in shallow water and breaks onto the shore | Breaker |
| Causes moving air and water to turn left in the southern hemisphere and turn right in the northern hemisphered due to Earth's rotation | Coriolis effect |
| Highest point of a wave | Crest |
| Circulation pattern in the ocean that forms when a masss of more dense seawater sinks beneath less dense seawater | Density current |
| A measure of the amount of salt dissolved in seawater | Salinity |
| Wind powered ocean current that moves water horizonrally, parallel to Earth's surface, and moves only the upper few hundred meters of water | Salinity current |
| The difference between the level of the ocean at high tide and the level at low tide | Tidal range |
| Daily rise and fall in sea level caused, for the most part by the interaction of gravity in the Earth-Moon system | Tide |
| Lowest point of a wave | Trough |
| Vertical circlulation the ocean that brings deep, cold water to the ocean surface | Upwelling |
| Rythmic movement that carries energy through matter space; can be described by its crest, trough, wavelength, and height | Wave |
