Science Chapter 13 Oceans and Seas

The biggest ocean

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

Begins where the angle of the ocean bottom becomes steeper

Some oceanographers say the earth only has one ocean

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

The deepest point in any ocean

Affects sea level

Vast bodies of salt water that separate the continents

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

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

measures local sea level

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

Submerged volcanoes and hills

Sea water is potable

Analyze the distribution of various elements and compounds in the oceans

the ever-changing place that extends underwater beyond the shore

Seamounts flat tops are called _____

Complex underwater erosional feature

The Challenger Deep is slightly smaller than Mt. Everest

The bottom slopes out gently from the continent

Long, curved string of volcanic islands

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

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

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

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

The oceans influence earth's weather

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

Form a lagoon between the reef and the land

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

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

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

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

Relatively flat, deep sea floor

underwater landslides

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

Submerged mountain ranges

Are where only the highest tide or sea waves can reach

Largest barrier reef in the world

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

an indistinct zone extending from the shore far inland

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

Chemists develop methods and vehicles to investigate and use the oceans

T/F Many coral formations are massive lagoons

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