Earth's Hydrosphere Vocabulary Quiz

the study of life in the oceans; the distribution, abundance and production of marine species along with the processes that govern species' spread and development

• biological oceanography

• chemical oceanography

• geological oceanography

• physical oceanography

large underwater structures composed of the skeletons of colonial marine invertebrates

• coral reef

• coral bleaching

• ocean acidification

• salinty

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

the variety of all living things and their interactions

• biodiversity

• hydrosphere

• oceanography

• waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

process by which food is made by bacteria or other living things using chemicals as the energy source, typically in the absence of sunlight

• chemosynthesis

• photosynthesis

the curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight pattern due to Earth's rotation

• coriolis effect

• currents

• eutrophication

• waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the study of the chemical components of the oceans, their reaction and their pathways of transformation; study of the organic and inorganic compounds, particulate and dissolved material, and the ocean sediments

• chemical oceanography

• physical oceanography

• biological oceanography

• geological oceanography

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

a horizontal movement of water in a well-defined pattern

• currents

• waves

• coriolis effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance

• density

• salinity

having only one high tide and one low tide each day

• diurnal tide

• neap tide

• spring tide

• semidiurnal tide

the scientific study of the ocean

• oceanography

• oceanology

• meteorology

• climatology

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6