Ocean environment Vocabulary

1. Ocean environmentVocabulary Grade 5 SOL 5.6 Created by; Kim Smith

2. 25 Large bodies of water that cover about 70% of the surface of the Earth. • Lakes • Trenches • Oceans • Bays

3. 25 The edge of a continent that is beneath the ocean surface; this area is relatively shallow. • Continental slope • Continental divide • Continental rise • Continental shelf

4. 25 A steep slope at the edge of the continental shelf that goes down toward the deep ocean floor. • Continental shelf • Continental slope • Continental rise • Continental drop

5. 25 A gently sloping area at the edge of the continental slope where sediments are deposited; this leads to the open ocean floor. • Continental rise • Continental drift • Continental slope • Continental divide

6. 25 A very deep underwater ditch or canyon. • Abyssal • Rift • Trench • Depth

7. 25 A large, flat region of the open ocean floor. • Continental plain • Mid-ocean plain • Ocean plain • Abyssal plain

8. 25 A landmass surrounded by water. • Peninsula • Island • Continent • Rift

9. 25 A mountain chain running through every major ocean. • Mid-ocean mountains • Ocean chains • Ocean ridges • Mid-ocean ridges

10. 25 A crack in the ocean floor smaller than a trench. • Rift • Trench • Seamount • Deep ridge

11. 25 An underwater peak. • Underwater volcano • Seamount • Ocean mountain • Continental rise

12. 25 How deep the ocean is. • Depth meter • Depth • Ocean deepness • Channels

13. 25 The measure of the amount of salt in the water. • Brackish • Freshness • Salinity • Saline content

14. 25 A river like movement of water within a large body of water; some things that affect this are the density of the water, the difference in temperatures, wind, tides, and gravity. • Rip tide • Current tide • Tidal current • Current

15. 25 A major ocean current that runs along the east coast of North America. • Rip current • Gulf current • Gulf stream • Rip stream

16. 25 Small pieces of rock or sand and mud moved by the ocean. • Erosion • Sediments • Gravel • Runoff

17. 25 Plants and animals that live in or depend on the ocean for survival. • Organisms • Plant organisms • Animal organisms • Marine organisms

18. 25 A swell or rise along the surface of a large body of water caused by the pull of gravity or by the wind. • Tide • Wave • Tsunami • Swell

19. 25 The rise and fall of the level of the ocean, rivers, etc.; caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun and the rotation of the earth. • Waves • Currents • Tide • Rips

20. 25 Water that runs off land into a stream, river, or ocean. • Ditch • Drainage • Runoff • Pollution

21. 25 Plant or animal organisms that float in the ocean and that are usually microscopic. • Phytoplankton • Mini organisms • Plankton • Zooplankton

22. 25 Plant like plankton found in the ocean. • Zooplankton • Phytoplankton • Plantplankton • Oceanplankton

23. 25 Animal like plankton found ion the ocean. • Zooplankton • Phytoplankton • Mammalplankton • Animalplankton

24. 25 All of the living and nonliving things that are found in an area and depend on each other for survival. • Habitat • Community • Ecosystem • Estuary

25. 25 A partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with saltwater, the northern part of the Chesapeake Bay is an example. • Ecosystem • Pond • Estuary • Marsh