Landforms and Oceans Vocabulary -Ocean Shore Zone

Where rivers meet the ocean

• beach

• estuary

• inlet

• barrier island

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The curved part of a wave

• crest

• trough

• breaker

• trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The regular rise and fall of waters in oceans and seas

• Waves

• Currents

• Tides

• tsunami

Water-filled spaces between the barrier islands and the coast

• Inlets

• Barrier island

• Estuary

• Beach

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Regular rise and fall of waters when the ocean’s waters level is at its highest

• Low Tide

• Waves

• Tsunami

• High Tide

Currents driven by Earth’s rotation from the tropics to

higher latitudes

• Cold surface Currents

• Warm Surface Currents

• High Tide

• Low Tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Currents that flow at the ocean’s surface

• Tides

• Waves

• Tsunami

• Surface Currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Giant wave that is caused by underwater earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, or landslides

• High Tide

• Warm Surface Currents

• Tsunami

• Crest

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Regular rise and fall of waters when the ocean’s

waters level is at its lowest

• Waves

• High Tide

• Low Tide

• Trough

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

currents driven by Earth’s rotation from the polar

latitudes toward the equator

• Cold Surface Currents

• Warm Surface Currents

• Crest

• Breaker

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6