Ocean Floor
The deepest part of the ocean.
Ocean Trench
True or False: The Earth's waters are constantly in motion.
True
Where salt in the ocean comes from.
Rocks on land
The up and down motion of the water.
waves
What percent of Earth's life forms live in the ocean?
90%
The steep drop to the ocean floor.
Continental Slope
The continuous movement of ocean water in a particular direction.
A current
The measure of disolved salts in the ocean water.
salinity
What causes waves?
wind
The number of ocean zones.
6
Part of the ocean floor made of sediment, dead plants and animals and other debris.
Continental Rise
This "stream" inpacts waters near Virginia.
The Gulf Stream
Salty water is more ________ than freshwater.
dense / heavy
The bulging of the Earth's waters.
tides
The zone where the ocean meets the land between high and low tide and gets the most sunlight.
Tidal Zone
The true ocean floor that is flat and goes on for miles.
Abyssal Plain
Who was the Gulf Stream discovered by?
Benjamin Franklin
Salt effect the ocean _________.
currents
What causes tides?
gravity
The third zone where there are no plants becuase there is no sunlight.
Twilight Zone
The sloping border of a continent that transitions into the water where we find the most ocean life.
Continental Shelf
The name of the constantly moving system of water around the world that is driven by temperature and salinity.
The Global Conveyor Belt
Salinity of ocean water varies around the world becuase of the different rates of __________.
evaporation
The highest and lowest parts of a wave.
crest and trough
The process that plants do to make their own food.
photosynthesis