The Continental Margin
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Continental Margin (no points)
An older trick was a bottle would float in the ocean and get to someone with a phone number to calculate the current speed
drift bottle
What does DSV stand for
deep submergence vehicle
Underwater Volcanic Mountains
Seamounts
Large masses of water that flow horizontally along the surface of the ocean
Surface Currents
A sandy gently sloping underwater plain
Continental Shelf
Used to collect water samples and different depts
Niskin Bottles
What does ROV stand for
Remotely Operated vehicle
Circular coral reef islands that grow around seamounts
Atolls
Ocean current that starts at Florida and goes to Europe
Gulf Stream
On the edge of the continental shelf with a fairly sharp drop-off
Shelf Break
A framework where multiple Niskin Bottles are attached
Rosette
What does AUV stand for
Autonomous underwater vehicles
Underwater mountain ranges
Mid-ocean ridges
Current that flows along South America
Pure Current
At the base of the continental rise and is leveled off
Abyssal Plain
It does simple tasks and is a floating observation station
Oceanographic Buoys
What does Sonar stand for
Sound Navigation and Ranging
Often at the center of an atoll a pool of salty water
Lagoon
An ocean current when mud and salt mixes with sea water
Turbidity Current
Gently sloped that may stretch up to several hundred kilometers
Continental Rise
A high tec drift bottle where it rises to the surface to transmit it location and other information
Profiling floats
What does Scuba stand for
Self-Contained underwater breathing apparatus
The best known mid-ocean ridge
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Ocean current below the surface of the water
Subsurface Current