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Ocean terms and definitions
An incline between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor.
Water Pressure
Ocean Current
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.
Abyssal plain
Rim
Continental slope
Mid-Ocean ridge
A measure of the amount of salt dissolved in the ocean water.
salinity
saltinity
nutrification
alkalinity
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.
Hydrophone
Radar
Sonar
Lidar
A motorized vehicle designed to go into the depths of the ocean to explore new areas.
submarine
buoy
submerssable
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
Ocean trench
Continental shelf
Abyssal plain
Continental slope
The coming in and going out of the ocean waters every 12 hours. Caused by the gravitational pull of the moon on the Earth.
climate
tides
storm
tsunami
A large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans. Currents carry water from one place to another.
Tide
Ocean Current
Water Pressure
Climate
Movement of energy through a body of water.
wave
leak
amplitude
current
A piece of land that has been created from active volcanoes in the ocean. An island is surrounded by water completely.
peninsula
lagoon
continent
volcanic Island
The shore is the land at the edge of the ocean. This land also extends inland from the shore line.
abyssal plain
peninsula
rim
coastal plain
A long, deep valley on the ocean floor
Continental shelf
Continental slope
Abyssal plain
Ocean trench