shore
where ocean meets land
beach
cliffs that are to either side of a beach
headland cliff
peninsula made of sand
spit
the land before the water
continental margin
the flat bottom of the ocean, no light is down here
abyssal plain
when waves drift to the side as a result of shallow water
wave refraction
cliff with stone bridge formation
sea arch
sand deposit that connects an island to mainland
tombolo
the flat shallow part of the ocean floor that's near the shore, light still exists here
continental shelf
deepest parts of the ocean. massive chasms underwater
trenches
shallow part of ocean thats further out than the shore
sand bar/longshore bar
a pillar of stone near the shore
sea stack
beach surrounded by land on three sides
bay
the drop off, goes straight down
continental slope
mountainous region in middle of ocean with high volcanic activity. causes tectonic movement and seafloor spreading.
mid ocean ridge
current that runs parallel to the beach
longshore current
piles of sand
dunes
when sand closes off a bay to from larger ocean
baymouth bar
pile of sediment at the bottom of the cliff, makes a smaller cliff
continental rise
mountain under the ocean
seamount
current that pulls you away from the beach out to open ocean
rip current
sand bar that comes above water to form a small sand island
barrier island
name for a bay that has turned into a lake
lagoon
underwater currents caused by underwater landslides that create submarine canyons and make the sediment that creates the continental rise
turbidity current
inactive underwater volcano with a flat top caused by erosion
guyout