Ocean Vocabulary

What is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved into a body of water?

• Sonar

• Benthos

• Salinity

• Nekton

What is the slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor?

• Ocean Trench

• Thermocline

• Seamount

• Continental Slope

The continental rise is an underwater feature found between the ________ and the _______.

• continental slope, abyssal plain

• mid ocean ridge, continental shelf

• continental slope, intertidal zone

• ocean trench, abyssal plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics.

• Salinity

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Seamount

• Plankton

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A submarine mountain

• Seamount

• Continental Rise

• Benthos

• Desalination

The area of seabed around a large landmass where the sea is relatively shallow compared with the open ocean.

• Intertidal Zone

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Shelf

• Sublittoral Zone

What are topographic depressions of the sea floor?

• Nekton

• Seamount

• Thermocline

• Ocean Trench

An underwater plain on the deep ocean floor normally found at depths between 3,000 meters and 6,000 meters.

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

• Thermocline

• Continental Slope

What is the system for the detection of objects under water?

• Nekton

• Bathyal Zone

• Ocean Trench

• Sonar

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The small and microscopic organisms floating in the sea or fresh water.

• Plankton

• Fish

• Benthos

• Planktan

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3