sea and oceans 🌊

What is called a sea?

• smaller than oceans and are usually located where the land and ocean meet.

• great body of salt water that covers much of the earth

• 139 million square miles (360 million square

What is difference between sea and ocean?

• the ocean is bigger than the sea

• the ocean is smaller than the sea

What is the difference between a gulf and a sea?

• A gulf is smaller than a sea

• A sea is smaller than a gulf

What is the definition of an ocean?

• A great body of salt water that covers much of the earth

• Smaller than oceans and are usually located where the land and ocean meet

How are seas formed?

• By the movement of tectonic plates

• By the melting of glaciers

What is the difference between a bay and a gulf?

• A bay is smaller than a gulf

• A gulf is smaller than a bay

What is the definition of a bay?

• A body of water partially enclosed by land

• A large body of water surrounded by land on three sides

How are bays and gulfs formed?

• By the erosion of land by water

• By the movement of tectonic plates

• tidal erosion in the coastline of an ocean, lake, or sea.

What causes the formation of lakes?

• By the melting of glaciers

• By the movement of tectonic plates

How are bays formed?

• By the erosion of land

• By the movement of tectonic plates