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| salinity | amount of dissolved solids in a liquid |
| water cycle | the continuous process from which water is moved through the earth's surfaces, atmosphere, and back again |
| S.O.N.A.R | Sound Navigation and Ranging |
| Continental Margin | made up of continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise |
| deep ocean basin | made up of deep ocean crust |
| mid-ocean ridges | long under sea mountain ranges |
| rift valley | valley that forms along the tectonic plates |
| ocean trenches | a deep crack in the ocean floor where plates meet |
| sea mounts | huge underwater mountains-if they surface they become an island |
| plankton | microscopic organism |
| phytoplankton | plant-like plankton |
| zooplankton | animal-like plankton |
| Nekton | mammals and fish that swim in open water |
| Benthos | organisms that swim/live on the ocean floor |
| Pelagic Environment | Open ocean-contains the neritic system and oceanic system |
| Desalination | the process of removing salt from the water to create fresh water |
| Non-point source pollution | pollution that is hard to find the original source |
| point source pollution | pollution that can be traced from the specific spot |
| How much of the Earth is made of oceans? | About 70% |
| The name of the super ocean that once existed. | Panthalassa |
| The name of the super continent that once existed. | Pangea |
| The oceans in order from largest to smallest... | Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic |
| abyssal plain | flat featureless part of the ocean floor |
| guyot | seamount with a flat top |
| Three ways islands are formed... | the submerged parts of continents, coral atolls, volcanic islands |
| tide | 1.the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun. |
| wave | a disturbance in the ocean that transmits energy from one place to another |
| tsunami | A large wave on the ocean, usually caused by an undersea earthquake, a volcanic eruption, or coastal landslide |
| ocean currents | a continuous, directed movement of ocean water generated by the forces acting upon this flow, such as breaking waves, wind, temperature and salinity |
| Coriolis Effect | how a moving object seems to veer toward the right in the Northern hemisphere and left in the Southern hemisphere |
