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salinity The total amount of salts in a water sample
sonar A system that uses reflected sound waves to locate and determine the distance to objects under water
seamount a steep sided volcanic mountain rising from the deep ocean floor
trench a deep steep sided canyon in the floor
continental shelf a gentaly sloping shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continet
abyssal plain a smooth nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor
mid-ocean-ridge an under sea mountain chain where new ocean floor is prouduced a divergiant plate boundary under the ocean
wave the movement of energy through a body of water
wavelength the distance between two coraspaonding parts of a wave such as the distance between two crests
frequency the number of complete waves that pass a given pointin a certain amount of time
wave hight the vertical distance from the crest of a wave to the trough
tsunami a giant wave cause by an earthquake
longshore drift the movement of water and sediment down a beach caused by waves coming into shore at an angle
rip current a strong narrow current that flows briefly from the shore back to the ocean through a narrow opening
groin a wall made of rocks or concrete that is built owtwad from the beach to reduce erosion
current a large stream of moving waterthat flows through the oceans
climate the average annual conditons of tempurature percipitation and winds and clouds in an area
El Nino an abnormal climateevent that occurs every two to seven years in the Pacific ocean causing changes in winds, currents, and weather patterns for one to two years
la Nina a climate event in the eastern Pacific ocean in which suface waters are colder than normal
continential slope a steep incline of the ocean floor that extends outward from the end of a continent
Cornelius effect the effect of earths rotation on the direction of the winds and currents
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