Ocean Vocabulary Review 2

This is the true ocean floor with a flat, smooth surface made of sediment from runoff of the continents and the surface of the water.

• Continental shelf

• Abyssal plain

• Ocean trench

• Continental rise

This is the second-largest of the world's oceans, covering about 20% of Earth's surface.

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Southern Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

This refers to areas of land at the edge of a large body of water.

• Coast

• Ocean floor

• Continental shelf

• Watershed

This describes the environment at an area where the ocean meets land where an organism live.

• Coastal community

• Coastal habitat

• Continental rise

• Ocean floor

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This is the transition area where the continent ends and the ocean floor begins.

• Continental shelf

• Ocean trench

• Continental rise

• Abyssal plain

This is the border of the continent that is below the water and slopes gradually away from the shore.

• Continental slope

• Ocean trench

• Abyssal plain

• Continental shelf

This is the continuous movement of ocean water in a specific direction.

• Waves

• Tides

• Currents

• Erosion

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This is the process by which the products of weathering are moved from one place to another.

• Erosion

• Flooding

• Currents

• Waves

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This is the state of matter in which the substance takes both the shape and the volume of its container.

• Solid

• Gas

• Liquid

• Plasma

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This is the state of matter in which the substance has a definite volume but takes the shape of its container.

• Gas

• Solid

• Liquid

• Plasma

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