Introduction to Marine Science

The study, development, and application of devices and science along machines, and techniques for

productive processes.

• Aquaculture

• Technology

• Fjord

• Sea

Oysters, along with other shellfish, seaweed, shrimp, and fish can all be farmed in the sea, this process or art and science of cultivating ocean for food and industry is known as __________.

• Marine Science

• Mangroves

• Currents

• Aquaculture

The scientific process of discovering facts, processes, and unifying principles of the oceans and the

life forms that reside in them.

• Marine Science

• Scientific Method

• Hypothesis

• Scientific Inquiry

A portion of an ocean or sea that penetrates land ; they vary greatly in size, shape, and depth, but are

generally larger and more deeply indented than bays.

• Trench

• Sea

• Gulf

• Fjord

A carefully controlled data collection procedure that is used to obtain evidence and offer a valid explanation to a scientific problem.

• Experiment

• Data

• Scientific Method

• Theory

In warm tropical areas like in southwest Florida, coastal marshes are filled with these trees that

have a specialized root system that enables them to survive in salty water and obtain oxygen from the air.

• Island

• Reef

• Estuary

• Mangroves

The Caribbean, Mediterranean, Bering, Coral, Arabian, and Norwegian are examples of these.

• Ocean

• Strait

• Sea

• Currents

A long deep, narrow inlet of the sea that extends far inland. They are often set in a U-shaped valley

with steep cliffs or rocks on all three sides that have been formed by glacial erosion.

• Trench

• Fjord

• Gulf

• Reef

Large expanses of salt water that encompass our globe.

• Sea

• Currents

• Black Sea

• Ocean

A body of land surrounded by water and often created as volcanoes erupt that build up layers of lava

that may eventually break the water’s surface.

• Reef

• Estuary

• Island

• Strait