Ocean floor

The shallow gently sloping underwater area near the coast

• Continental slop

• Continental shelf

• Trench

A steep slope that connects the continental shelf to the deep sea

• Continental slope

• Continental rise

• Continental shelf

A mound of sediment at the base of the continental slope

• Continental slope

• Continental shelf

• Continental rise

A dark, flat area on the ocean floor that is thousands of feet below the oceans surface

• Trench

• Abyssal plain

• Continental slope

A narrow canyon in the ocean floor

• Trench

• Abyssal plain

• Salinity

The amount of salt dissolved in water

• Salinity

• Trench

The daily rise and fall of the Earth, biggest body of water due to the pull of the moon’s gravity

• Continental slope

• Waves

• Tides

a motion of earth’s largest bodies of water caused by the winds friction with the water surfaces

• Tides

• Abyssal plain

• Waves

a body of water that moves very quickly and One Direction through surrounding waters that move slowly

• Current

• Tide

• Wave

Tiny organisms that form at the base of the ocean food web

• Photoplankton

• Alge

• Plankton