Chapter 12 Review

The part of the ocean floor that drops steeply is

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

A stream of water that flows like a river through the ocean

• Ocean Current

• Ocean River

• Ocean Stream

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A point of land formed when soft rock wears away

• Tide Pool

• Jetty

• Headland

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The area where the ocean and land interact

• Abyssal Plain

• Shore

• Trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Salinity measures the amount of _________ in water.

The large flat area on the bottom of the ocean floor

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Seamount

A wall-like structure that stick out into the ocean

• Jetty

• Trench

• Guyot

A temporary pool of ocean water

• Tide Pool

• Ocean Pool

• Current Pool

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________ causes waves to form.

What are the THREE parts of the ocean? (pick all 3)

• Continental Slope

• Trench

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

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