Angry ocean
A storm that forms over the ocean, high wind and rain.
What is a hurricane
The edge of the continent that lies under water
What is the continental shelf
Most waves are caused by this.
What is wind?
The area where the ocean meets the land.
What is the shoreline?
Low land between hills or mountains
What is a valley?
A huge destructive wave
What is tsunami
The large flat part of the ocean floor
What is the abyssal plain
What are currents?
Currents that run parallel to the shoreline.
What are longshore currents?
Deep valley with high, steep sides.
What is a canyon?
Creates islands and new land
What are underwater volcanoes.
A long mountain chain on the ocean floor
What is the mid-ocean ridge
The number of tides in a 24 hour period.
What is four?
The time when the water level rises along the coastline.
What is high tide?
An opening in the surface from which lava flows.
What is a volcano?
A large dangerous wave that crashes into the coast when a storm first strikes land
What is a storm surge?
The steep drop from the continental shelf
What is the continental slope.
A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
The time when the water level retreats along the shoreline.
What is low tide?
Land which rises high above the ground.
What is a mountain range?
Storms and hurricanes that dump large amounts of water can trigger this.
What is flooding?
A deep canyon-like feature at the bottom of the ocean floor.
What is a trench?
These islands serve as protection for the mainland against storms and hurricanes.
What are barrier islands?
Three things that could cause a tsunami.
What are landslides, earthquakes, or asteroids/meteors.
A mountain with a flat top.
What is a plateau?