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SMS Oceanography

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Hydrothermal Vent this is where cold water seeps through cracks in the ocean floor, is heated by the mantle, and rises back up bringing minerals
Surface zone the depth from the surface down to 200 meters where sunlight penetrates and the temperature is 17.5 degress Celsius
Deep zone From 1 km down to the ocean floor. No sun reaches this zone and temperature is 3.5 degrees Celsius
Current flow of water in an ocean that may be deep or at the surface
Coriolis effect The earth's rotation causes surface currents to flow in circular patterns
Upwelling upward movement of cold water from the ocean floor
Neritic zone area between intertidal zone and open ocean
Holdfast a bundle of rootlike strands that algae use to attach to rocks
bioluminescence production of light from a living things
continential shelf a gently sloping shallow area of the ocean floor that extends from a continent.
seamounts a mountain that are completely underwater
trench a deep canyon or valley in the ocean floor, so deep that you can't see the bottom
run-off an example of pollution that can't be traced to a specific point (non-point specific)
crest the highest point on a wave
plankton tiny algae and animals that float with the currents
food web the feeding relationship within a habitat
brackish water water made of partly fresh water and partly salty water
estuaries a coastal inlet or bay where fresh river water mixes with salty ocean water
salinity total amount of dissolved salts in the ocean
submersible an underwater vehicle that is able to travel to the deep ocean
mangrove forests short, strong trees that grow well in brackish water and protect the shore from erosion
aquaculture farming of salt and fresh water fish
nodules black lumps of metal that concentrate around shells on the ocean floor
Point source pollution a type of pollution that can be traced to the exact place it began
dunes protect the beach from strong waves crashing against it
waves these form when winds blow across the water surface and transmit their energy into water
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