Oceans

the measure of dissolved salt in a given amount of liquid

• desalination

• salinity

• seamount

a broad, relatively shallow underwater terrace that slopes outward from the shoreline

• continental shelf

• continental margin

• neap tide

the curving of moving objects from a straight path due to Earth’s rotation

• tidal range

• neap tide

• Coriolis effect

a tide that occurs when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other

• tidal range

• continental shelf

• neap tide

the part of the earth’s surface beneath the ocean that is made of continental crust

• continental margin

• continental shelf

• tidal range

the lowest point of a wave

• seamount

• trough

• desalination

an underwater volcanic mountain that rises at least 1,000 m above the abyssal plain

• seamount

• trough

• neap tide

the difference in water height between high and low tide

• continental margin

• tidal range

• continental shelf

the process of removing salt from ocean water to obtain freshwater for drinking, irrigation, or industrial uses

• salinity

• Coriolis effect

• desalination

Ocean water around tropical islands is likely to have a greater salt concentration than ocean water off the coast of northern Europe.

• True

• False