Ocean Floor

What covers 70% of the earth's surface

• Ocean

• Rivers

• Lakes

• Ponds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which word descries how deep the water is in a given location

• Ocean Trench

• Sediment

• Depth

• Abyssal Plain

As depth increases..........

• Things become shallow

• temperature decreases, pressure increases, and light decreases

• It is more salty

• An Ocean Current

Valleys cut deep into the ocean floor

• Plankton

• Salinity

• Surface Current

• Ocean Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Flat, deep, and smooth part of the ocean floor. Cold temperatures are found here.

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Slope

• Seamounts

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Amount of salt found in water

• Photic Zone

• Gulf Stream

• Photosynthesis

• Salinity

Warm water surface current located on the coast (Gulf of Mexico)

• Gulf Stream

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Density

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The amount of mass per unit of volume

• Density

• Metric Units

• Mass

• Volume

Warm water that moves from the equator to the cold polar regions Example: Gulf Stream & North Atlantic Drift

• Jet Stream

• Surface Current

• Gulf Stream

• Under Water Currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Underwater Volcanoes and Mountains?

• Seamounts or Mid- Ocean Ridge

• Mountain Ridge

• Coastal Plains

• Abyssal Plains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3