click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Science Unit C Ch 3
Vocabulary Chapter 3
Question | Answer |
---|---|
estuary | A place where a freshwater environment and a saltwater environment meet. |
continental shelf | The gently sloping part of a continent that is under water and rings each continent. |
continental slope | The edge of a continent that drops steeply down to the deep-ocean floor. |
abyssal plain | The vast floor of the deep oceans. |
mid-ocean ridge | The place where plates of the Earth's crust along the ocean floor are being split apart and molten rock pushes up to form new ocean floor and a mountain range. |
trench | A place where two plates of the Earth's crust hit each other, forming a deep part of the ocean. |
seamount | A steep-sided volcanic mountain under the ocean. |
atoll | A ring of islands around a shallow central lagoon. |
intertidal zone | The area between the high-tide mark and the low-tide mark. |
coral reef | A structure built by living creatures. |