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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| salinity | the total amount of dissolved salts in water sample |
| sonar | a system that uses reflected sound waves to locate and determine the distance to objects under water |
| seamount | a steep vocanic moutan rising from the ocean floor |
| trench | a deep,steep sided canyon in the ocean floor |
| continental slope | a steep incline to the ocean floor frome the edge of a contelnentel |
| continental shelf | a gently sloping shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward |
| abyssal plain | a smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor |
| mid ocean ridge | an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced |
| wave | the movement of energy through a body of water |
| wevelenghth | the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave |
| frequency | the number of complete waves that pass a given point |
| wave height | the vertical between two corresponding parts of a wave |
| tsunami | a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake |
| longshore drift | the movement of water and sediment down a beach |
| rip current | a strong narrow current that flows briefly from the shore |
| groin | a wall made of rocks or concrete that is built outward |
| current | a large stream of moving water that flows through the ocean |
| Coriolis effect | the effect of the earth rotation on the direction of the wind |
| climate | the avreg annual conditions of temperatur |
| EL Nino | An abnormal climate events that occurs every two seven years in the Pacific ocean causing the wind currents and wether patterns to change for one to two years |
| La Nina | a climate event in the Easter Pacific ocean in whih surface water are colder then normal |