Quiz 15 A
Amount of water that covers the earth's surface
What is 70%
Amount of dissolved solids in seawater
What is seawater's salinity
Movements of ocean water are caused primarily by the moon
What are tides
What is period
Underwater mountain range
What is the mid-ocean ridge
Compound known for involving an ionic bond in its formation NaC1
What is sodium chloride NaC1
Two main factors that affect the density of seawater are the amount of dissolved solids and the
What is temperature
What is spring tide
Wave with a white crest due to shallow water
What is breaker
A huge valley were the crust appears to be separating
What is a rift
Outermost edge of a glacier floating on the ocean
What is a ice shelf
The metric unit scientists usually use to measure ocean water pressure
What is kilopascal
A Strong current that forms as a wave retreats through a gap in a sandbar
What is rip current
Gentle, rolling wave that may appear even during calm weather
What is a ocean swell
A circular coral-reef island
What is atoll
A huge chunk of floating glacial ice
What is a ice berg
Underwater boundary where cold, deep water meets sun-warmed surface water
What is thermocline
Type of current flows horizontally along the surface of the oceans
What is surface current
The depression in the water between crests
What is a trough
Underwater mountain chain that stretches down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
What is Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Reason the ocean is blue
What is water's natural color
Study of the earth's ocean
What is oceanography
Wave with a white foamy top due to strong winds
What are whitecap
Giant wave, usually caused by an undersea earthquake
What is a tsunami
Deep depressions that contain the oceans
What are ocean basins