Oceanography Flashcards
The amount of dissolved salts in the water.
Salinity
To turn into a vapor or gas.
Evaporation
Water in oceans/lakes that rise and move forward as it comes to shore.
Waves
Where the ocean floor meets the continental slope.
Continental Rise
A steep slope where the continental shelf drops down to the depths of the ocean floor.
Continental slope
The most shallow part of the ocean where most living things live.
Continental shelf
A type of salt compound that mixes with gases (air/oxygen)in the ocean.
Sodium Chloride (NaCI)
Physical environment with a community of living things and their relationship to each other.
Ecosystem
Layers of sand, mud, and rock pieces at the bottom of the ocean.
Sediments
Individual animals, plants, or other living things.
Organisms
Not deep.
Shallow