4.2 Oceans Test

the measure of dissolved salt in a given amount of liquid

• salinity
• continental margin
• seamount
• tidal range

a broad, relatively shallow underwater terrace that slopes outward from the shoreline

• continental shelf
• tidal range
• trough
• coriolis effect

the curving of moving objects from a straight path due to Earth’s rotation

• Coriolis effect
• tidal rangw
• trough
• neap tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a tide that occurs when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other

• neap tide
• tidal range
• salinity
• desalination

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the part of the earth’s surface beneath the ocean that is made of continental crust

• seamount
• salinity
• trough
• continental margin

the lowest point of a wave

• continental shelf
• continental margin
• trough
• desalination

an underwater volcanic mountain that rises at least 1,000 m above the abyssal plain

• seamount
• trough
• Coriolis Effect
• salinity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the difference in water height between high and low tide

• tidal range
• continental margin
• neap tide
• spring tide

the process of removing salt from ocean water to obtain freshwater for drinking, irrigation, or industrial uses

• desalination
• trough
• neap tide
• salinity

Ocean water around tropical islands is likely to have a greater salt concentration than ocean water off the coast of northern Europe.

• True
• False