Science Vocabulary Words 2
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- 5) long,narrow,steepside depression
- trench
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Measure Of the amount of salts
dissolved in seawater, which
is usually measured in grams of salt per kilogram of water. -
salinity
- 6) process of making food sor animals.
- photosynthesis
- 5) ocean currents that form dense beneath less dense seawater.
- density currents
- 11) difference between the level of the wave.
-
tidal
range - 4) circles in the ocean that is deep,cold water to the ocean surface.
- upwelling
- 9) animal that drift with the currents.
- nektons
- 6) disturbanses that carry energy through matter or space.
- wave
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3) valleys and flat seafloor
areas. -
abyssal
plains - 8) low point of wave
- trough
- 10) plants and animals that livein the lowest levels of the ocean.
- benthos
- 7) high point of wave
- crest
- 4) a chain of underwater mountains.
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mid-ocean
ridge - low area on Earth that contains an ocean
- Basin
- 9) wave that collapes forward and brakes on to the shore.
- breaker
- currents that move water horizontally, on Earth surface, which is powered by wind.
- surface currents
- 8) tiny marine alge
- plankton
- 2) the end of the continent.
-
continental
slope - 10) the rise and fall in sea level.
- tide
- 1) a gradually sloping end of a continet.
-
continetal
shelf - 7) a kind of bacteria food webs depend on.
- chemosynesis