Oceans

Question 1

Thermocline

Answer 1

A layer of ocean water extending below sea level.

Question 2

Water Cycle

Answer 2

Continuous movement of water from water sources.

Question 3

Continental shelf

Answer 3

The flattest part of the continental margin.

Question 4

Continental slope

Answer 4

The steepest part of the continental margin.

Question 5

Continental rise

Answer 5

The base of the continental slope.

Question 6

Abyssal plain

Answer 6

The broad, flat portion of the deep-ocean basin.

Question 7

Mid-ocean range

Answer 7

A long mountain chain that forms on the ocean floor where tectonic plates pull apart, usually extends along the center of ocean basins.

Question 8

Salinity

Answer 8

A measure of dissolved salts and other solids in liquid.

Question 9

Crest

Answer 9

The highest point of a wave

Question 10

Trough

Answer 10

The lowest point of a wave

Question 11

Wave length

Answer 11

The distance between two adjacent wave crests or wave troughs

Question 12

Wave height

Answer 12

The vertical distance between a waves crest and its troughs

Question 13

Wave period

Answer 13

The time between the passage of two wave crests or troughs at a fixed point

Question 14

Breaker

Answer 14

A heightened water wave that begins to tumble downward to break upon nearing the shore

Question 15

Surf

Answer 15

The area between the breaker zone and the shore

Question 16

WhiteCap

Answer 16

A white, foaming wave with a very steep crest that breaks in the open ocean before the wave gets close to the shore

Question 17

Rift Valley

Answer 17

Forms between rift zones

Question 18

Seamount

Answer 18

Individual mountains of volcanic material

Question 19

Ocean trenches

Answer 19

Bottomless cracks in the deep ocean basin

Question 20

Surface currents

Answer 20

Steam like movements

Question 21

Coriolis effect

Answer 21

The curving of moving objects from a straight path

Question 22

Deep current

Answer 22

Steam like movement of ocean water far below the surface

Question 23

Upwelling

Answer 23

Process in which cold, nutrient rich water from the deep ocean rises to the surface and replaces warm surface water

Question 24

El Niño

Answer 24

A periodic change in the location of warm cool surface waters in the pacific ocean

Question 25

Swells

Answer 25

Rolling waves that move steady procession across the ocean

Question 26

Storm surge

Answer 26

A local rise in sea level near the shore

Question 27

Tides

Answer 27

Daily movement of movements of ocean water

Question 28

Tidal range

Answer 28

The difference between levels of ocean water at high tide and low tide

Question 29

Spring tides

Answer 29

Tides with maximum daily tidal range

Question 30

Neap tide

Answer 30

When the sun, earth, and moon form a 90 degree angle