Chapter 5 Ocean Vocabulary

A large, heavy algae that requires a solid, rocky bottom to anchor their roots. Found in cold neritic waters

• plankton

• nekton

• kelp forest

• mangrove forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed

• continental shelf

• mid-ocean ridge

• neritic zone

• abyssal plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column

• plankton

• nekton

• benthos

• kelp

Area of ocean that extends from the low-tide out to the edge of the continent

• intertidal zone

• open-ocean zone

• neritic zone

• benthos

The deepest area of the ocean beyond the edge of the continental shelf

• neritic zone

• open-ocean zone

• abyssal plain

• mid-ocean ridge

Tiny algae and animals that float in water and are carried by waves and currents

• plankton

• nekton

• benthos

• coral reef

Large pieces of earth's crust that move due to convection currents

• sonar

• food web

• mid-ocean ridge

• plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The process that causes new oceanic crust along a mid-ocean ridge to move away from the ridge causing a divergent boundary

• seafloor spreading

• open-ocean zone

• estuary

• food web

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Uses sound waves to calculate distance to an object/ocean floor

• buoy

• submersible

• satellite

• sonar

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Portion of the shoreline that lies between the high and low tide lines

• tidal zone

• intertidal zone

• open-ocean zone

• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4