Oceanography Vocab

Waves

• Global patterns of streams of moving ocean water created from the global winds

• Moving ridges of water on the surface of the ocean caused by wind and constantly cause weathering along the shoreline.

• a warm ocean surface current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of North West Europe.

• The rise and fall of the ocean caused by the gravitational force of the moon and sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Currents

• Global patterns of streams of moving ocean water created from the global winds

• Moving ridges of water on the surface of the ocean caused by wind and constantly cause weathering along the shoreline.

• a warm ocean surface current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of North West Europe.

• The rise and fall of the ocean caused by the gravitational force of the moon and sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Gulfstream

• Global patterns of streams of moving ocean water created from the global winds

• Moving ridges of water on the surface of the ocean caused by wind and constantly cause weathering along the shoreline.

• a warm ocean surface current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of North West Europe.

• The rise and fall of the ocean caused by the gravitational force of the moon and sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Tides

• Global patterns of streams of moving ocean water created from the global winds

• Moving ridges of water on the surface of the ocean caused by wind and constantly cause weathering along the shoreline.

• a warm ocean surface current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of North West Europe.

• The rise and fall of the ocean caused by the gravitational force of the moon and sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Salinity

• Mass per unit volume, refers to how tightly packed the molecules are in a substance.

• The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.

• The movement of deep, cold, and nutrient-rich water to the surface

• The total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample

Density

• Mass per unit volume, refers to how tightly packed the molecules are in a substance.

• The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.

• The movement of deep, cold, and nutrient-rich water to the surface

• The total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample

Coriolis Effect

• Mass per unit volume, refers to how tightly packed the molecules are in a substance.

• The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.

• The movement of deep, cold, and nutrient-rich water to the surface

• The total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Upwelling

• Mass per unit volume, refers to how tightly packed the molecules are in a substance.

• The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.

• The movement of deep, cold, and nutrient-rich water to the surface

• The total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Deep-ocean trench

• An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed

• a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle

• a volcanic mountain rising from the ocean floor that doesn't reach the surface

• an island formed when an underwater volcano builds up enough lava and ash to rise above sea level

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mid-ocean ridge

• An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed

• a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle

• a volcanic mountain rising from the ocean floor that doesn't reach the surface

• an island formed when an underwater volcano builds up enough lava and ash to rise above sea level

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1