Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

BK3/Unit.3/Ch.3 Voc.

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
Salinity   The measure of the amount of water dissolved salt contained in water.  
🗑
Density   Mass divided by volume; m/v  
🗑
Continental Shelf   Extends from the shore line out to the continental slope.  
🗑
Sonar   A system that uses underwater sound waves to measure distance and locate objects.  
🗑
Ocean Current   A mass of moving ocean water.  
🗑
Downwelling   The movement of water from the surface to greater depths.  
🗑
Upwelling   The vertical movement of the deep water up to the surface.  
🗑
El Nino   Disturbance of wind patterns and ocean currents in the Pacific Ocean.  
🗑
Longshore Current   Overall direction of waves that strike the shore at an angle.  
🗑
Rip current   narrow stream of water that breaks through sandbars and drains rapidly back into deeper waters.  
🗑
tide   periodic rising and falling of the water level of the ocean.  
🗑
tidal range   the difference in height between high tide and low tide.  
🗑
spring tide   extra high tidal bulge during new and full moon.  
🗑
neap tide   extra-low tide occurring during the first and third quarter of the moon phases.  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: iGwyn12
Popular Science sets