ocean water
ocean currents
waves
life in the ocean
anything goes
100
These enter the ocean from the atmosphere.
What is gases
100
wind that moves only the upper hundred meters of water
What is surface currents
100
the high point of a wave
What is crest
100
animals that swim rather than drift in the oceans
What is nekton
100
the climate in which coral reefs are usually found
What is warm or tropical
200
a measure of the amount of salts dissolved in sea water
What is salinity
200
type of current that forms when seawater that is more dense sinks to the bottom
What is density current
200
the low point of a wave
What is trough
200
tiny marine animals that float in the upper ocean layers
What is plankton
200
the difference between sea level at high tide and at low tide
What is tidal range
300
number of the layers of water temperature
What is 3
300
what is the 100km wide current of warm waterflowing east across the North Atlantic ocean
What is the Gulf Stream
300
high tides higher and low tides lower than normal
What is spring tides
300
a community of organisms and nonliving factors
What is ecosystem
300
the pressure exerted on a surface at sea levle by the column of air above it
What is atmosphere
400
describes the temp. of the deep water layer
What is cold
400
The effect that causes oceans to curve to the right or left
What is Coriolis
400
rising and falling of sea level caused by gravity of the earth moon and sun
What is tides
400
this is how energy is transferred producer to consumers and decomposers
What is food chain
400
wears away rocky shores and beaches
What is erosion
500
the layer that temp. begins to rapidly drop
What is thermocline
500
current that brings deep cold water to the surface
What is upwelling
500
collapsing waves near the shore
What is breakers
500
process other than photosynthesis used by producers
What is chemosynthesis
500
high tides lower and low tides higher than normal
What is neap tide
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