Oceanography Quizzizz

This force causes tides in the oceans of the Earth

• Sun
• Moon
• Gravity
• Currents

The vertical distance from the crest of a wave to the trough

• Wave Period
• Amplitude
• Wave Height
• Wavelength

____% of earths water is found in oceans

• 100
• 97
• 88
• 75

Highest point of the wave

• crest
• trough

Level of an oceans surfaces. Global sea level can rise in response to the melting of glaciers, Average global sea level is rising today by 1 to 2 mm per year

• Global Sea Level
• Estuaries
• Trough

Large closed circular movements of surface currents

• Coriolis Effect
• Gyres
• Wind
• Waves

vertical currents of ocean water that result from density differences among water masses

• Slope Currents
• Density Current
• Mass Currents

The total amount of solid material dissolved in water, usually sodium chloride.

• Solution
• Solute
• Salinity

The lowest point of a wave is called

• The Crest
• The trough

Transitional layer of the ocean characterized by rapidly decreasing temperatures with depth

• Deep sea trench
• thermocline