Unit 12 Oceanography Review

semi-isolated area of the ocean; diluted by freshwater drainage from the land

• Estuary

• Eutrophication

• Salinity

• Guyot

artificial enrichment of a body of water by the addition of nutrients; can cause death of aquatic plants and animals

• Estuary

• Eutrophication

• Salinity

• Guyot

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

the number of grams of dissolved salt in one kilogram of seawater

• Estuary

• Eutrophication

• Salinity

• Guyot

a flat-topped seamount that used to be an island

• Estuary

• Eutrophication

• Salinity

• Guyot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

area around large landmass where the sea is relatively shallow; geologically part of the continental crust

• Continental Shelf

• Upwelling

• Seamount

• Thermohaline Circulation

rising of deep water to the surface

• Continental Shelf

• Upwelling

• Seamount

• Thermohaline Circulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

an underwater volcano

• Continental Shelf

• Upwelling

• Seamount

• Thermohaline Circulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

flow of ocean water caused by changes in density

• Continental Shelf

• Upwelling

• Seamount

• Thermohaline Circulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a relatively flat, featureless deep ocean floor

• Continental Shelf

• Submarine Canyon

• Seamount

• Abyssal Plain

a steep-sided valley cut into the sea floor of the continental slope

• Continental Shelf

• Submarine Canyon

• Seamount

• Abyssal Plain