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Ocean Floor
Ocean Water/ Waves
Land Formations
Glaciers
100
One of the most important natural resources
What is soil
100
The steep drop in the ocean floor AFTER the continental shelf
What is continental slope
100
A change in the level of ocean water
What is a tide
100
The process by which rock material is broken down and carried away by moving water, wind, and ice
What is erosion
100
A huge mass of slow moving ice (known as "natures' bulldozer")
What is a glacier
200
Wise use of natural resources
What is conservation
200
The ocean floor is called this
What is a plain
200
The top of a wave is called
What is a crest
200
The process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces
What is weathering
200
Sediment that is left behind by a glacier
What is moraine
300
A resource that CAN be replaced
What is a renewable resource
300
A deep, narrow slit in the ocean floor
What is a trench
300
The bottom part of a wave is called
What is a trough
300
A natural piece of land that extends out into water
What is a headland
300
The path that is left behind by a glacier
What is glacier grooves
400
True or false - Trees are nonrenewable resources
What is false
400
The edge of the continent that is underwater
What is the continental shelf
400
A river of water in the ocean
What is a current
400
A body of water that is partly enclosed by land, but has an opening called a mouth
What is a bay
400
A type of glacier
What is a continental glacier/ or a valley glacier
500
Minerals that are found in small black rocks on the ocean floor
What are nodules
500
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands came from a build up of ________ from volcanoes
What is lava
500
A falling wave is called
What is a breaker
500
After a river has emptied into the ocean, sediments form a flat - triangular- plain called this
What is a delta
500
Pyramid shaped peak left behind by a glacier
What is a horn