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Oceanography
Vocab for Oceanography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| salinity | measure of dissolved salt in a liquid |
| sodium chloride | common table of salt |
| continental shelf | part of the ocean floor that begins right before the shores and slopes |
| continental slope | part of the ocean floor, at the edge of the continental shelf |
| seamount | underwater mountain far away from the mid ocean ridge |
| mid-ocean ridge | an underwater mountain range forming on both sides of the rift |
| trench | V-shape valley on the ocean floor |
| abyssal plain | flat region on ocean floor |
| crest | highest point of a wave |
| tough | lowest point on a wave |
| wavelength | length of a wave |
| upwelling | movement of the ocean |
| surface current | water movement right on the surface of the water |
| deep current | movement of water far below the surface |
| coriolis effect | northern hemisphere=clockwise southern hemisphere=counter clockwise |
| Tides | surface level of the ocean ocean cause by the gravitational attraction |