Basics
The study of Earth's oceans
What is oceanography
shallow edge of the continent
What is the continental shelf
highest part of a wave
What is a crest
What is D= M/V
sunlight zone
What is epipelagic
the measure of dissolved salts
What is Salinity
steep drop after the shelf
What is the continental slope
lowest part of a wave
What is a trough
units for density
What is g/mL
twilight zone
What is mesopelagic
a zone where salinity changes rapidly
what is the halocline
flat deep ocean floor
What is the abyssal plain
distance between crests
What is the wavelength
map showing ocean depth
What is bathymetric map
What is bathypelagic
cold deep water rising to the surface
What is upwelling
underwater mountain
what is a seamount
height of a wave
What is wave height or amplitude
275g/25mL=?
What is 11 g/mL
deepest trenches
What is hadalpelagic
global system of connected currents
What is the Global Conveyer Belt
flat topped seamount
What is guyot
large wave that generates from earthquakes
What is a tsunami
132g/12 g/mL=?
11mL
normal ocean salinity