The ocean floor's gradual slope between the continental slope and the abyssal plain.

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Rise

• Trench

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

The amount of salt dissolved in water

• Plankton

• Current

• Salinity

• Organism

Underwater mountain ranges

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Shelf

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

An ocean movement caused by wind and can influence climates around the world.

• Abyssal Plain

• Wave

• Tide

• Current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The part of the continental crust that slowly slopes out into the ocean.

• Abyssal Plain

• Trench

• Continental Shelf

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

An ocean movement controlled by the moon.

• Current

• Tide

• Wave

• Salinity

A steep decline out to sea, bordering the continental shelf.

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Slope

• Trench

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

An ocean movement created when energy is transferred from a source to the surface of the water.

• Wave

• Current

• Tide

• Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Deep underwater valley

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Trench

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Rise

Microscopic floating organism that is a source of food for many ocean animals.

• Salinity

• Trench

• Plankton

• Tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3