ocean runoff sodium chloride continental shelf continental slope Oceanography 1A Oceanography 5A sodium chloride continental shelf Oceanography 2A Oceanography 6A salinity continental slope Oceanography 3A Oceanography 7A evaporation rate continental rise Oceanography 4A Oceanography 8A

Precipitation draining from the land into a body of water. A body of salt water occupying 70% of the Earth’s surface. Oceanography 5B Oceanography 1B Area along the edge of the continents; shallow, submerged area by the shoreline. The scientific name for the mineral “salt.” Oceanography 6B Oceanography 2B Steeply dropping part of the ocean floor. Concentration of dissolved salts in a sample of water. Oceanography 7B Oceanography 3B Thick layers of sediment found between the continental slope and the ocean floor. The speed of the process of liquid turning into gas. Oceanography 8B Oceanography 4B

abyssal plains crest trough ridge trench wave height wave wavelength Oceanography 9A Oceanography 13A trough ridge Oceanography 10A Oceanography 14A trench wave height Oceanography 11A Oceanography 15A wave wavelength Oceanography 16A Oceanography 12A

A chain of underwater mountains. The bottom of a wave. The flat ocean floor. The top of a wave. Oceanography 13B Oceanography 9B A chain of underwater mountains. The bottom of a wave. Oceanography 14B Oceanography 10B A deep spot in the ocean; an underwater canyon. The distance from the top of a wave to the level ocean surface. Oceanography 15B Oceanography 11B An up-and-down movement of surface water. The distance between two successive waves. Oceanography 16B Oceanography 12B

currents benthos upwelling nekton tides phytoplankton buoyancy Oceanography 17A Oceanography 21A upwelling nekton Oceanography 18A Oceanography 22A tides phytoplankton Oceanography 19A Oceanography 23A buoyancy zooplankton Oceanography 20A Oceanography 24A

A stream of water that flows like a river through the ocean. The plant and animal organisms that live on the sea floor. Oceanography 21B Oceanography 17B The movement of nutrient-rich deep seawater to the ocean’s surface. The vertebrates and invertebrates that swim in the ocean. Oceanography 22B Oceanography 18B Small, photosynthetic organisms in water ecosystems that float on the ocean currents (plant-like plankton). The repeated rises and falls in the level of the ocean. Oceanography 23B Oceanography 19B Small, consumer organisms in water ecosystems that float on the ocean current (animal-like plankton). The upward force that a fluid exerts on an object that is less dense than itself; the ability to float. Oceanography 24B Oceanography 20B

desalination water pressure Oceanography 25A Oceanography 26A

The process of removing salt from seawater. The weight of the water pressing on an object. Oceanography 26B Oceanography 25B crest wave height trough wavelength Oceanography 27B continental shelf ridge continental slope continental rise trench abyssal plain Oceanography 28B