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Oceans

Wehlander

Vocabulary WordDefinition
Water Cycle The constant recycling of water on Earth.
Precipitation Water that falls out of the air in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
Tide The daily change in the local water level of the ocean.
Evaporation The process by which a liquid changes to a gas.
Wave The up-and-down movement of water particles.
Deep Ocean Current A river of water that flows in the ocean that forms because of density differences in ocean water.
Condensation The process by which gas changes to a liquid.
Storm Surge A very large wave.
Surface Current A river of water that flows in the ocean that forms because of a steady wind blowing over the ocean surface.
Trench Canyon in the ocean floor.
Abyssal Plain A large flat area on the ocean floor.
Continental Shelf A shallow area of the ocean floor.
Shore Zone The place where land meets the ocean.
Mid-Ocean Ridge Mountain ranges on the ocean floor.
Trench Landform most like a valley on Earth's surface
Shore zone Part of the ocean you might swim in
Mid-Ocean Ridge landform in the middle section of the ocean
Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail Types of precipitation
Water and Salt Ocean water is made of this.
Shore Zone Which area of the ocean is the richest in resouces?
Trench Forms when one plate slides beneath another plate on the ocean floor.
Moon's gravity What causes the changing tides?
Moon is closer than the sun Why is the gravitational force of the moon on Earth's oceans stronger than the gravitational force of the sun?
Temperature and amount of salt What two factors affect the density of deep-ocean currents?
Height The strength of the wind, amount of time the wind blows and the size of the area over which the wind blows all determine's a wave's what?
Erosion What carries sanc and sediment away from the shore of a beach to make it smaller?
Up and down Which motion best describes the way waves move?
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