ocean terms
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- Bioluminescence
- The production of light by living creatures.
- Wave
- Caused by wind, volcanic activty, or earthquakes and transfer energy.
- Density
- Mass/Volume
- Breakers
- Top of wave that topples over.
- Chemosynthetic
- Bacteria use hydrogen sulfide that pours from the vents for energy to make food.
- Salinity
- Amount of salt in water.
- Sodium Chloride
- Salt in ocean.
- Upwelling
- Water that moves up replenishing nutrients.
- Continental Slope
- Land takes a plunge dropping steeply toward the deep ocean bottom.
- Tide
- The slow periodic rise and fall of ocean waters.
- Current
- "Rivers of water" that flow through the ocean in certain directions.
- Pressure
- Weight of water. Force.
- Abyssal Plains
- Slightly rolling plains.
- Sunlight Zone
- The top layer of the ocean with food.
- Midnight Zone
- The bottom layer of the ocean and has food.
- Adaptation
- Adapted to something.
- Deep sea Trench
- Deepset spots on Earth.
- Twilight Zone
- The middle layer of the ocean with no food.
- Mid-ocean Ridge
- Deep sea mountain range.
- Continental Shelf
- Land forms a gently sloping ledge.
- Prevailing Winds
- Winds that blow continuosly in the same general direction.