Ch.12 Flashcards
The amount of salt in salt water is ________________
Salinity
The downward push of water is ____________
Water Pressure
Small submarines are called___________-
Submersibles
the part of the ocean floor that drops gently near the land is called ___________
Continental shelf
it depth is about 140 m
The part of the ocean floor that slopes steeply is called ______________
Continental Slope
it drops a 3000 feet from the surface of the ocean
The largest areas of the oceans’ floor are the flat areas called ______
Abyssal Plains
The ____________ is the up and down movement of the water
wave
the great energy of an earthquake or volcanic eruption can produce a huge wave called _______________
tsunami
___________________ is a change in weather patterns over the pacific ocean
El nino
The rise and fall in the water level of the ocean is called ______________
Tides
The area where the ocean and the land meet and interact is called ______________–
Shore
When the soft rock is worn away , the hard rock left behind may form a point of land called a_______________
Headland
If the waves cut all the way through the headland, it forms an ______________
Sea arch
A temporary pool of ocean water is called a ____________________
tide pool
Where a river flows into the ocean
estuary
