Ocean Vocabulary

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What is the term for the amount of dissolved salt in water?

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Salinity

Front

What is the underwater feature that starts at the edge of the continental shelf and angles down to the deep ocean floor?

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Continental Slope

Front

What do you call a scientist who studies the oceans?

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Oceanographer

Front

What is the phenomenon of the regular rise and fall of ocean water levels due to the gravitational attraction of the moon?

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Tide

Front

What are large regions of the seafloor that are relatively flat called?

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Abyssal Plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is the term for the process by which ocean water becomes saltier due to evaporation?

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Increased Salinity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

What is the name of the ocean zone that is closest to the shore?

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Neritic Zone

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What is the term for the deepest parts of the ocean, often found in trenches?

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Hadopelagic Zone

Front

What is the name of the current that flows along the surface of the ocean and is driven by wind?

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Surface Current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

What is the term for the vertical movement of water in the ocean, often caused by differences in temperature and salinity?

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Thermohaline Circulation