Ocean Floor
The underwater edge of a continent
The Continental Shelf
Caused by underwater currents, wind, underwater earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on the ocean floor
Waves
As a submarine descends deeper into the ocean, there is an increase in...
Water Pressure
The temperature of the water on the continental shelf is warmer or cooler than the twilight zone?
Warmer
The "ocean floor." Flat, smooth and massive
The Abyssal Plain
Primarily caused by the moon's gravitational pull
Tides
A word to describe the amount of salt in the water
Salinity
The ocean zone that receives the most light is called...
The Sunlight Zone
A very long narrow canyon deep in the ocean floor
An Ocean Trench
The moon's gravitational pull is strongest during...?
The moon's gravitational pull is weakest during...?
High Tide
Low Tide
Water pressure and salinity _________ as ocean depth increases.
Temperature ___________ as ocean depth increases.
Increase
Decreases
The ocean zone just below the sunlight zone is called the...
The Twilight Zone
The enormous drop that marks the end of the continental shelf
The Continental Slope
A tsunami is caused by
An underwater earthquake
Wind, temperature changes and differences in salinity cause...
Ocean Currents
What does the midnight zone have in common with the abyssal zone below it?
Both lack all light
A chain of high elevation found underwater in places where the Earth is shifting
A Mid-Ocean Ridge
If it is high tide at Virginia Beach, what part of the world would also experience high tide?
The opposite side
The current that brings warm water from the coast of Mexico, goes past the east coast of America, across the Atlantic Ocean and to Western Europe is called...
The Gulf Stream
The salinity in an ocean trench would be greater or lesser than that of the twilight zone?
Greater