Freshwater
The name for water falling from the sky
What is precipitation
The largest ocean on the planet
What is the Pacific Ocean
The main difference between ocean and freshwater
What is salinity
Ocean mapping technology that is operated from space
What are satellites
The scientific name for all the water on the planet
The amount of accessible freshwater on the planet
What is 1%
The two types of currents
What are surface and ocean currents
A shallow, gradually sloped area stretching from the coastline to the edge of the ocean basin
What is the continental shelf
A type of mapping technology that uses sound waves
What is sonar
The name of the force that impacts currents (air and water)
Name at least three sources of freshwater
The cause of deep sea currents
What is differences in density
What is the abyssal plain
A type of underwater imagery that can be used up to approximately 6000m below surface
What is underwater photography or videography
The process that occurs where wind blowing water off the land creates an area of especially nutrient-rich water
What is upwelling
The process of precipitation moving over land in a drainage basin
What is surface runoff
The two currents that impact Newfoundland directly
What are the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current
What is the mid-Atlantic ridge
A type of underwater submersible that does not have people inside
What is an ROV (remotely operated vehicle)
The parts of a wave that are used to measure wave height
What are trough and crest
The part of land (usually with high elevation) that separates drainage basins from one another
What is a divide
The layer of water where the temperature drops quickly
What is the thermocline
What is a swell
The meaning of the acronym SCUBA
The type of wave that is not caused by wind, but usually seismic activity
What is a tsunami