Flashcards
Ocean terms and definitions
Flashcards for quick repetition. Questions about structure of oceanic bed and shore as well as effects affecting oceanic waters.
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An incline between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor.
Ocean Current
Water Pressure
Continental slope
Climate
The build up of sediments at the base of the continental slope.
Continental Rise
Long chains of mountains on the ocean floors. Along the ridges, lava erupts and forms new ocean floor.
Rim
Continental slope
Abyssal plain
Mid-Ocean ridge
A measure of the amount of salt dissolved in the ocean water.
salinity
alkalinity
saltinity
nutrification
The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
Climate
Technology that uses sound waves to measure distances from the ocean floor to the surface.
Lidar
Hydrophone
Radar
Sonar
A motorized vehicle designed to go into the depths of the ocean to explore new areas.
submerssable
buoy
submarine
motorboat
Waves that are caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.
Tsunami
An underwater mountain
Seamount
The shallow zone of water along the edge of the continents. This where you will find most coral reefs.
Continental shelf
Continental slope
Ocean trench
Abyssal plain
Land under the ocean.
Ocean floor
Caused by wind and ocean currents.
Waves
The movement of water and air caused by rotation of the earth.
Coriolis effect
A smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor that is covered with thick layers of mud
Abyssal plain
Continental slope
Ocean trench
Continental shelf
The coming in and going out of the ocean waters every 12 hours. Caused by the gravitational pull of the moon on the Earth.
