Oceans
The largest ocean
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The underwater mountains
What are Seamounts?
A chain of underwater mountains
What is a mid-ocean ridge?
A stream of moving water
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What is precepitation?
The smallest ocean
What is the Arctic Ocean?
The flat top aged underwater mountains
What is a Guyot?
A gently sloping, shallow area that extends from land
What is a Continental Shelf?
Moved by wind
What are waves?
The stage in which water seeps into the soil
What is infiltration?
The warmest ocean
What is the Indian Ocean?
A "mountain" that reaches the surface of the ocean
What is a volcanic island?
The smooth, nearly flat region of the ocean floor
What is an Abyssal Plain?
The moon controls these
What are tides?
The stage in which plants release vapor into the atmosphere
What is transpiration?
Tell me something about the Arctic Ocean
Any of the below:
- North of North America - Smallest - Shallowest - Size of Russia - Frozen
What is a trench?
The drop off from the shallow area attached to the land
What is a Continental Slope?
The two types of tides
What is spring and neap?
What is the hydrological cycle?
Characteristics of deep ocean
What is cold & salty?
The person that studies topography
What is an Oceanographer?
What is used to graph the ocean floor
What is Sonar?
Name the 3 causes of currents
What is wind, temperature, and salinity?
List the percentages of the water on earth
What is 97% saltwater, 2% frozen fresh water, & 1% freshwater?