Oceanography Vocabulary Terms

The horizontal distance between two wave crests.

• wave height

• wavelength

• crest

• trough

The measurement of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid.

• Sodium Chloride

• Salinity

• Bio-luminescence

• atoll

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

• wave height

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The production of light by living things.

• Tide

• Coriolis Effect

• Neap Tide

• Bio-luminescence

Tide of increased range that occurs two times a month, at the new and full moons.

• Neap Tide

• High Tide

• Spring Tide

• Tidal range

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The highest point of a wave.

• Trough

• Spring Tide

• Crest

• Neap Tide

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Movement of ocean water that follows a regular pattern.

• Tides

• Ocean Currents

• Gulf Stream

• waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A tide minimum range that occurs during the first and third quarters of the moon.

• Neap Tide

• Spring Tide

• Low Tide

• High Tide

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The daily rise and fall of Earth’s waters on shores.

• Waves

• Tides

• Coriolis Effect

• Spring Tides

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The movement of energy through a body of water.

• Ocean Current

• Wave

• Tidal Range

• Tidal Bulge

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