Chapter 12 Earth's Ocean Flashcards
The amount of salt in water
Salinity
The downward push of water
Water pressure
Small submarines
Submersibles
The part of the ocean floor that drops gently near the land
Continental shelf
The part of the ocean floor that slopes steeply
Continental slope
The largest areas of the ocean floor that are flat
Abyssal plains
The up-and-down movement of surface water
Wave
The mound of water that pushes onto shore in a hurricane
Storm surge
The great energy of an earthquake or a volcanic eruption
Tsunami
A stream of water that flows like a river through the ocean
Current
A change in the weather patterns over the Pacific Ocean
El Nino
The rise and fall in the water level of the ocean
Tide
The area where the ocean and the land meet and interact
Shore
When the soft rock is worn away, the hard rock left behind may form a point of land
Head land
A temporary pool of ocean water
Tide pool
