Ocean

Question 1

Thermocline

Answer 1

A layer of water extending from 300 m below sea level

Question 2

Water cycle

Answer 2

A cycle that links all of Earths solid,liquid,and gaseous water together

Question 3

Continental shelf

Answer 3

Begins at the shoreline and slopes toward the ocean

Question 4

Continental slope

Answer 4

Begins at the edge of the continental shelf

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 ridges

Answer 7

Mountain chains formed where tectonic plates pull apart

Question 8

Rift Valley

Answer 8

Forms between rift zones

Question 9

Seamount

Answer 9

Individual mountains of volcanic material

Question 10

Ocean trenches

Answer 10

Bottomless cracks in the deep ocean basin

Question 11

Surface current

Answer 11

Stream like movements

Question 12

Coriolis effect

Answer 12

The curving of moving objects from a straight path

Question 13

Deep current

Answer 13

Stream like movement of ocean water far below the surface

Question 14

Upwelling

Answer 14

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

Question 15

El Niño

Answer 15

A periodic change in the location of warm and cool surface waters in the Pacific Ocean

Question 16

Crest

Answer 16

Highest point in a wave

Question 17

Trough

Answer 17

Lowest point in a wave

Question 18

Wavelength

Answer 18

A distance between two adjacent wave crests wave trough

Question 19

Wave height

Answer 19

the vertical distance between a wave crest and its trough

Question 20

Wave period

Answer 20

The time between the passage of two wave crests

Question 21

Breaker

Answer 21

Gravity pulling the high wave crests down

Question 22

Surf

Answer 22

The area between the breaker zone and the shore

Question 23

Whitecaps

Answer 23

White foaming waves with very steep crests that breaks open

Question 24

Swells

Answer 24

Rolling waves that move in steady procession across the ocean

Question 25

Storm surge

Answer 25

A local rise in sea level near the shore that is caused by strong winds

Question 26

Tides

Answer 26

Daily movement of movements of ocean water

Question 27

Tidal range

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Spring tides

Answer 28

Tides with maximum daily tidal range

Question 29

Neap tide

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Salinity

Answer 30

A measure of the amount of dissolved salts and other solids