Science Chapter 13 Oceans and Seas

Coral reefs are are important marine geologic features that form from tiny animals called

an indistinct zone extending from the shore far inland

Seamounts flat tops are called _____

The zone between the high- and low-tide shore lines

Old earth geologists believe the earth began as one big continent and the flood split it up

The biggest ocean

Long, curved string of volcanic islands

The oceans influence earth's weather

Continental rise begins where the angle of the ocean bottom becomes steeper.

The computed average height of high and low tides at a given location

The deepest point in any ocean

A strip of land that separates the costal region from the ocean

Marine scientists and engineers from almost every field who work to better understand the ocean

Relatively flat, deep sea floor

A ____ is a small section of water surrounded by land or islands

Submerged mountain ranges

The Challenger Deep is slightly smaller than Mt. Everest

Some oceanographers say the earth only has one ocean

Submerged volcanoes and hills

Begins where the angle of the ocean bottom becomes steeper

T/F Many coral formations are massive lagoons

Complex underwater erosional feature

Chemists develop methods and vehicles to investigate and use the oceans

Sea water is potable

They model the distribution of energy in the oceans and the motion of its great currents

The bottom slopes out gently from the continent

Analyze the distribution of various elements and compounds in the oceans

underwater landslides

Form a lagoon between the reef and the land

The always changing height of the ocean surface at a given location

Submarine canyon is a complex underwater erosional feature often found in a continental rise

A smooth transition from the Continental slope to the deep, flat ocean floor

Marine engineers try to produces ___________________ from sea water and it’s motions

measures local sea level

Affects sea level

the ever-changing place that extends underwater beyond the shore

Marine biologists study the influence of the oceans on weather and climate

where large waves break and drop any sand they have moved from deeper water

Are where only the highest tide or sea waves can reach

Coral reefs that grow right up to the beach along a coastline

Vast bodies of salt water that separate the continents

Oceanic trenches have a steep slope on the slope on the seaward side

Largest barrier reef in the world

A ring of low coral islands and reefs surrounding a central lagoon