A | B |
Aquaculture | Farming sea creatures |
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 |
Upwellings | When cold, nutrient rich water is brought to the ocean's surface |
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 |
Current Systems | What carries warm water to the poles and cold water to the equator |
Distillation | Example of process to obtain fresh water from salt water |
Nodules | Example of mineral resource from ocean |
Salmon | Example of food resource from ocean |