Earth Science Unit 14

Coral reef that is farther from land

Deep depression in the sand

What is the vertical distance between the top of a wave and its bottom/trough

What type of current is set in motion by winds

Relatively flat, deep sea floor with at least as much topography as the continents

What is the time difference between one wave crest and the next as they pass a stationary point

What builds up on the side facing the moon

What is the term for when water from the surface falls into the depths. Where MSL is higher than average

What are daily or twice-daily changes in local sea level

Due to the Coriolis effect, winds blow in what direction in the Northern Hemisphere

What do finer sediments result in?

What is the whirling flow of wind or water formed from side branches

Highly concentrated salt water solution

What is NOT a main reservoir of carbon

What is the term for when waves height grows to being unstable and falls over onto forward side of a wave

What type of current is hard to detect and much larger

What is not one of the things that affect tides

What can be generated as tides rise and fall

What is the changing/bending direction of a wave as it passes

What blow at an angle from east toward the equator and force surface waters west?

Sonar system that uses sound waves

Submerged edges of continental plates

What is the movement of tiny suspended particles in waves

Term for water that is suitable for drinking

Most seawater salts are made of what

What is a flow of seawater through an area of relatively stationary water around it

What type of wave is when something like a glacier falls into the ocean

When is the ocean usually low in nutrients but rich in oxygen

When the gravity of the moon affects the oceans more than the gravity of the sun

When the sun, moon, and earth create a right angle for a lower than usual tide

Which zone has benthic and pelagic organisms

What organism flows with the currents

Which zone only has pelagic organisms

What type of current is very slow and very cold

indistinct zone extending from the shore as far inland as we can recognize land features affected by the ocean

What is the direction change of the current with depth

What physical property changes at a nearly constant rate with depth

Height of the ocean surface at a given location

Submerged volanos or hills