Oceans "Test 6" Flashcards
mass of foaming water that forms when a breaker washes onto the beach
surf
measure of gravity of dissolved salt in seawater
salinity
sound navigation and ranging
sonar
type of density current that occurs when mud or silt mixes with seawater
turbidity current
remotely operated vehicle
ROV
ordinary table salt, which makes up 78% of the salt in the ocean
sodium chloride
areas of the sea that exceed 6000 m in depth
halal zone
giant sea waves
tsunami
modern variants of the drift bottle
profiling floats
huge muddy valley that cuts through portions of the abyssal plain
trench
circular coral reef island that grew around a seamount
atoll
huge valley where crust appears to be separating
rift
upward flowing current
upwelling
sinking thermometer that transmit temperatures
expendable bathythermograph
open tube that is dropped into the sea, allowing its weight to puncture the sediment
gravity corer
wave with a white crest
breaker
circular path in which surface currents move
gyre
submersible consisting of a thick steel spherical crew compartment suspended from a float
bathyscaphe
tide that occurs as one high tide and one low tide each day
diurnal tide
used to measure hydrostatic pressure
kilopascal
sandy gentle sloping underwater plain bordering a continent
continental shelf
weaker-than-normal tides during the first and third quarter moon
neap tide
tide that is higher and lower than normal due to a new or full moon
spring tide
dangerous surface current
rip current
the deepest point in the sea
challenger deep
