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Oceans Vocab

TermDefinition
low area on Earth where oceans are today basin
measure of the amount of dissolved salts in ocean water salinity
process of removing salt from ocean water desalination
water moving horizontal to Earth's surface; powered by wind surface current
shifting or curving of winds from their expected paths Coriolis Effect
warm surface current used to travel from North America to Europe Gulf Stream
east-coast currents that originate from the Equator warm surface currents
west-coast currents that originate from the poles cold surface currents
a circulation in the ocean that brings deep, cold water to the surface upwelling
forms when a mass of ocean water becomes more dense than the surrounding water density current
a rhythmic movement that carries energy through matter or space wave
the highest point of a wave crest
the lowest point of a wave trough
horizontal distance between crests or troughs of adjacent waves wavelength
vertical distance between crest and trough wave height
half the distance of the wave height amplitude
the collapse of a wave breaker
the rise and fall in sea level tide
the difference between the level of the ocean at high tide and low tide tidal range
Earth, Sun, and Moon are in a line; new moon and full moon spring tide
Earth, Sun, and Moon makes a right angle; first and third or last quarter neap tide
area where a rising tide enters a shallow, narrow river from a wide area of the ocean tidal bore
the gradually sloping edge of a continent that extends under the ocean continental shelf
steep drop-off extending from the outer edge of the continental shelf down to the ocean floor continental slope
flat part of the ocean floor created by deposits of sediments abyssal plain
area in an ocean basin where new seafloor is formed mid-ocean ridge
long, narrow, steep-sided depression where one crustal plate sinks beneath another trench
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