Oceans Ch. 9

Freshwater mixed with salt water (brack water)

• Brackish water
• Ocean water
• Freshwater
• Saltwater

Measure of the mass of dissolved solids in a mass of water (ex: salt content)

• condensation

• Viscosity
• salinity

• Conductivity

Water from a sea or ocean that has an average salinity of 35 ppt (parts per thousand).

• freshwater

• seawater

• pond water

• lake water

Large, flat areas of the seafloor that extend across the deepest parts of the ocean basin.

• Continental shelves
• Oceanic ridges
• Seamounts
• Abyssal plains

A circular system of currents.

• Whirlpool
• Eddy
• Gyre
• Tide

The vertical movement of water toward the ocean's surface.

• Upwelling
• Downwelling
• Surface runoff
• Evaporation

A large volume of water flowing in a certain direction.

• ocean current

• stream bed

• pond floor

• flood plain

The movement of wind and water to the right or left that is caused by Earth's rotation.

• Centrifugal force
• Tidal effect
• Coriolis effect
• Jet stream

These currents carry WARM OR COLD water horizontally across the ocean's surface.

• Surface currents

• Tidal waves
• Surface winds
• Underwater volcanoes

These currents move water downward and are caused by changes in temperature and salt concentration. (Also known as Thermohaline currents)

• Tidal currents
• Surface currents
• Upwelling currents
• Density currents