The Ocean Abeka 4.1, 4.2 Mrs. Green

deep depressions in the earth’s surface that contain the oceans

rhythmic back-and-forth motion of water

Do most animals live above or below the thermocline

waves with white foamy crests

Which type of water is denser?

stream of ocean water

Where the ocean floor slopes steeply downward away from the continent to 2,000 m

point where the continental shelf "drops off "and the continental slope begins

highest point of a wave

huge deep plains of the ocean floor

Results from a shift of a current off of Ecuador

pressure exerted on objects underwater

Tide that is higher than normal at high tide, and lower than normal at low tide

gently sloping underwater plain that borders the coasts of the continents

Which temperature water is denser?

study of the earth's oceans

The sloping underwater plain that borders the coasts of the continents

under water ridges formed from coral polyps

current that results from differences in density

the amount of dissolved solids in seawater

the most common substance dissolved in the sea

Flowing thick sheet of ice

lowest point of a wave

underwater volcanic mountain that rises more than 3000ft above the ocean floor

boundary where cold, deep water meets sun-warmed water

movement of the ocean water caused by the moon's gravity