Ocean Water
Complex mixture that sustains a variety of plant and animal life.
What is ocean water.
What is the crest
Daily changes in elevation of ocean water.
The 2 major ocean zones
What are Benthic and Pelagic
Gasses dissolve better in ________ water
What is cold water
weak current
What is a drift.
Lowest point on a wave.
Difference in the level between high tide and low tide.
What is tidal range
The 2 types of plankton
What are Phytoplankton and Zooplankton
Amount of dissolved solids present in ocean water
What is salinity
The periodic up and down movement of water.
What is a wave
Length between 2 crests or 2 troughs.
What is wavelength
Sandbars can be formed by __________ currents
Zone of rapid temperature change
What is thermocline
What are nodules
Giant streams in which waters in ocean move.
What are currents
Length between a wave crest and wave trough
What is wave height
Tide that forms when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other
What are neap tides
The 2 Pelagic Zones
What are: Neritic and Oceanic
Greatest demand from the ocean
What is protein filled food
Effect of the Earth's rotation on winds and ocean currents.
Time it takes for 1 complete wavelength to pass a given point
What is a wave period
Tide that forms when the earth, sun, and moon are in alignment
The 5 Benthic zones
What are: Intertidal, Subtidal, Bathyal, Abyssal, Hadal
3 ways can we use desalination to make fresh water
What are: distillation, freezing, and reverse osmosis