A | B |
crest | highest point of a wave |
breaker | created by the collapse of a wave |
jettie | Structure built to protect beaches from littorial drift |
barrier reef | created by corals |
Neritic Zone | zone where sea otters and kelp live |
Oceanic Zone | Zone where whales and sharks live |
Upwelling | a circulation that brings deep cold water to the ocean surface |
occurs when dense seawater sinks under less dense seawater | density current |
mid ocean ridge | where new ocean forms |
where one crustal plate is forced under another | trench |
all swimming forms of fish and other animals | nekton |
benthos | bottoms dwellers |
sea urchins | main food for sea otter |
krill | main food for whales |